Film history buff that I am, I immediately thought of this image from the 1910 version of Frankenstein produced by the Edison company.
As I said, no editorial comment on Ron Paul intended, but the pose similarity is too strong not to note.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
No Editorial Comment Intended
I keep an eye on politics, even though I've kept this blog free of it. However, today I saw this image of Ron Paul at Salon.com.
Film history buff that I am, I immediately thought of this image from the 1910 version of Frankenstein produced by the Edison company.
As I said, no editorial comment on Ron Paul intended, but the pose similarity is too strong not to note.
Film history buff that I am, I immediately thought of this image from the 1910 version of Frankenstein produced by the Edison company.
As I said, no editorial comment on Ron Paul intended, but the pose similarity is too strong not to note.
The best blog post ever. :)
ReplyDeleteI've got to second Brubaker. Nuff said.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Ron Paul has been cobbled together using several Democrat parts, which would help explain why he seems to be more sensible than the other GOP candidates.
ReplyDeleteIf you read some of the things Ron Paul said, you'd realize that he's the craziest of all the Republican candidates.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's saying a lot.
Great post Mark. Letterman, last night, ran a trailer for "The Hobbit" identifying all the little people in the story. "Ron" was inserted as the leader of the pack. Your post matches that joke.
I guess a headline for this post could be: "Separated At Birth?"
ReplyDeleteron paul is a nut...and a racist nut at that. He's like a dumb version of sarah palin.
ReplyDeleteMore differences than similarities but, yeah, I see the similarity too!
ReplyDeleteA study on dissimilarities (in general) would be a fun exercise because there is some serious gold to mine in that. For instance, I can almost feel the tension in the the face and the shoulders of the Japanese actor. Ron Paul's pose reads more as a 'setting aside' gesture.
I don't suppose you have a link to the video that this still came from?
If you meant 'No Editorial Comment Intended (wink wink)' then... disregard all previous.
Have a great New Year!
If it wasn't clear, I was thinking Japanese Kabuki theater there as an associative reference. What can I say, I live in Japan.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Edison was influenced by Kabuki theater or vice versa... Hmmmm.
Having fun educating myself...
ReplyDeleteEdison's 'Frankenstein' on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcLxsOJK9bs