Re: FLUXLIST: Mr T. versus Everything

[Mandy Mastrovita/ Devlin Thompson]

Ha-Ha!

You can't go wrong with "T!"

I just participated in a Tarot card-themed portfolio print exchange organized
by some friends of mine where participants were randomly assigned certain cards
from the tarot deck, and were requested to re-interpret these images as
prints.  Fortuntately, I ended up with "The Fool"  In the traditional Rider
tarot deck, the Fool appears with his dog.  Naturally, my first instinct was to
respond with Mr. T., who PITIES THE FOOL. And serendipitously, Mr. T.'s 1980's
cartoon show spawned the merchandising of Mr. T's Halloween "Loot Bag," which
includes a photo of T and his dog, both of whom are sporting the Mandinka/
mohawk!! Made a swell 11-color stencil (busted about a half-dozen X-acto
blades!) based on this image, & paid my tribute to T. and the tarot!!

Still wish that Mr. T. breakfast cereal were still around so that I could pull
a Pee-Wee Herman & enjoy my Mr. T. breakfast cereal in the early AM.

"Feeble 80's entertainment" is what made me happy as a teenager & I don't feel
it necessary to apologize for citing it as a pleasure, or as an influence in my
life.

though **I'm NOT saying that to antagonize anyone who does**


Mandy Mastrovita
(grad student), Dept. of Printmaking
University of Georgia