EDDIE (VO): "Good burger, eh? Now can I see the books you brought?"
EDDIE: "Haw! Like it? I LOVE it! It's hilarious! Look at all those little guys running around on their heads!"
AURALYNN: "On their heads!??? Uh....I think you're holding the book upside down."
He turns the book around.
EDDIE: "Oh, right...okay....I'll just......"
EDDIE: "Alright, I see it now....yeah....here it is....hmmmmmmmmmm......"
EDDIE: "I don't git it."
EDDIE: "Well in that case, maybe you should get your money back. Look at this picture....
EDDIE (VO): "....That's a Jackson Pollock if I ever saw one, but the book says it was done by somebody named Knud Merrild."
AURALYNN: "Well, yeah. Merrild invented the technique. He did that painting way back in 1942, before Pollock."
EDDIE: "I don't know, Auralynn.....anybody who would call himself 'Nude'......."
AURALYNN: "Er, that's "KNUD." It's a Danish na........"
EDDIE: "Whoa! What's this???!!!"
AURALYNN (VO): "That's The First Hypothesis by Charles Howard. It's considered a masterpiece of American Post-Surrealism. Howard thought the themes that European surrealists painted were too neurotic and sexual. He tried instead to paint a door into a higher consciousness."
AURALYNN: "Yeah, it's a symbol of mortality. Watch out! You don't want to get ketchup on the book!"
EDDIE: "Haw! Maybe ketchup would improve some of these pictures!!!!!!"
EDDIE: "Hawhawhawhaw! Too sexual!? Hawhawhawhaw!!!!!
EDDIE: "Do you know what that hairy thing is on the bottom of the picture?"
BAM!!!!!!!!!
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BAMM!!!!
I laughed!
Hilarious, Eddie! Perfect for a very slow Saturday morning like this. I wish all people could be this lively in real life.
classic! i feel the same way about modern art! i just dont get it!
Talking: I probably like classical art as much as you do, but I also like a lot of the art in Auralynn's book. I was just taking the other side because it made for a fun story.
BTW: did you spot the Walt Kelly gag in this story?
Ouch! Don't criticize a girl's taste, or look at what happens.
Actually, I've never heard of any of these artists. I am a big fan of the California watercolorists, but they probably moved in different circles.
What's the Kelly gag, by the way?
Stephen: The Walt Kelly gag? It was the one that ended with "I don't git it." Albert the Alligator did that in one of the stories and it cracked me up.
I love Kelly but Pogo, the owl and the turtle were all variations of the same character. Kelly had too many foils, and not enough stars. Albert was a winner, but he was carrying the whole comedic weight by himself.
From Anonymous (a new response to the 8/17/11 post, "The Purpose of Acting"):
I too have just googled 'Acting what's the point' and come across this wonderful discussion. I am a working actor, which I am in the main incredibly grateful for and feel very lucky, but I often question the integrity of my chosen profession and wonder what it's all for so reading these intelligent and thought provoking words I feel inspired to go to work and strive for the truth and magic of each moment in complete agreement that an actor's job is to serve the playwright.
Thanks.
i have never heard pogo summed up like that before, and you know what? youre right! good observation!
I'm with your pal, this stuff sounds interesting. What's the book called? Thanks!
-Nathan
Nevermind, figured it out, Pacific Dreams. Thanks again for sharing this. -N
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