Feb 10
Click for larger imageRick Deckard Comments: I thought it was 42.
Published 1985
(Average: 7.50 out of 10)
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Rick Deckard Comments: I thought it was 42.
Published 1985
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February 10th, 2021 at 9:04 am
This looks like an Absolute Vodka ad!
February 10th, 2021 at 9:37 am
Woah, buddy, I think you’ve had enough.
February 10th, 2021 at 11:01 am
So, booze, boobs, bullets, and inexplicable racism then?
February 10th, 2021 at 12:35 pm
The artist absolutely nailed the 60’s hippie clothing, hair, and drug of choice. It’s like watching that hippie ep of ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’.
February 10th, 2021 at 1:05 pm
If I could save girls in a bottle, the first one I’d save would be you…
February 10th, 2021 at 3:44 pm
Bullets, Asians, Sixties. Must be a ‘Nam book.
February 10th, 2021 at 3:50 pm
Upper left:
Queue queue
Han in Hand
February 10th, 2021 at 4:04 pm
Lower right: I think I’ll have a nip.
February 10th, 2021 at 5:01 pm
That’s a fancy drink: with mescal, the most you get is a worm.
@GSS, Tor Mented
February 10th, 2021 at 8:48 pm
The three ammunition cartridges fascinate me. Are they suspended in midair, or falling in unison from a level surface without tumbling? Or perhaps the artist meant to portray the bullets as having been fired, but only had whole cartridges with intact casings to model his or her work upon?
Also, is the jewel in the lower left shining a spotlight on his groin? Does the pyramid mean he is a member of the Illuminati? Perhaps the five guys in the queue queue are an astral projection from his illuminated mind?
He does seem to be sort of theatrical with his gesturing, as in, “Voila, five stereotypical Chinese guys and a jewel that highlights my privates! This is indeed the secret of life!”
February 10th, 2021 at 9:26 pm
I wonder if this was inspired by Poe’s great short story “Ms. Found in a Bottle.”
February 10th, 2021 at 9:53 pm
Missus in a bottle
I’ll send sexy chick to the world
February 11th, 2021 at 12:24 am
@fred: Or the hippy episode of Star Trek.
February 11th, 2021 at 12:31 am
I wonder if the row of Chinese stereotypes is a reference to the old “Marching Chinese” head-scratcher? Supposedly, if you sit down and have the entire population of China march in single file past you, the line never ends, since new Chinese are born at least as fast as individuals pass you. It’s about reproduction, overpopulation, (fear of foreigners), etc., so it might fit in a book entitled “The Secret of Life.”
February 11th, 2021 at 5:28 am
@BC – Perhaps you are thinking of E.A. Poe’s “A Tell-Tale Tart”
February 11th, 2021 at 5:46 am
@B’Mancer—Now that you mention it, yeah, or maybe “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pimm’s.”
February 11th, 2021 at 8:37 am
Yeah, that’s pretty damn 60’s — big bullets and tiny Vietnamese people. And booze with tits. Bet the artist just painted his flashbacks to tripping.
Not to be confused with James Taylor’s song “Secret O’Life”, which… yeah OK there were 60’s drugs, but at least you can sing it and your mother won’t look at you funny for it.
I’m only surprised the artist resisted the punny impulse to paint the booze as a jug instead of a bottle. And how did dude’s left hand get so mangled?
@griz: GSS!
February 15th, 2021 at 3:05 am
“If Billy has five Red Guards and three bullets and one naked genie in a bottle… how many things does he have?”
February 15th, 2021 at 9:48 am
The 80’s reboot of “I dream of Jeannie” was panned for overt racism and stylistic differences from the 60’s original. Though around half the viewing audience approved of the changes to Jeannie’s costume.