Satire. Reminds me of the line in Nadine where Steve Martin tells Daryl Hannah that the town gave up irony years ago.
Chris Quarles On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM MovieArt Original Film Posters < [email protected]> wrote: > uhhh Now you have completely lost me. Don’t you make me defend > Amerika. Explain “flattening your clothes.” What IS that? > > K. > > > On Sep 17, 2025, at 2:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Kirby, > > I'm sorry, but I keep forgetting that Americans are not familiar with the > linguistic concept of saying one thing and meaning something else. While it > is frequently mixed up, 'irony' in fact has nothing to do with flattening > your clothes. > > Helmut > > *Gesendet: *Mittwoch, 17. September 2025 um 21:28 > *Von: *"MovieArt Original Film Posters" <[email protected]> > *An: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *CC: *MOPO <[email protected]> > *Betreff: *Re: [MOPO] [MOPO] THE TRUTH ABOUT Jaws > But, Helmut, you say in your description on your site, that it’s “quite > unlikely” that Kastel had seen the 1973 Cuban poster. > Don’t you think that calling his poster a rip-off is a bit of a s t r e t > c h ?? > > Kirby > > On Sep 17, 2025, at 2:13 PM, Helmut Hamm < > [email protected]> wrote: > > What very few people know: The now iconic JAWS poster is a copycat. Roger > Castel's design is a blatant rip-off of a Cuban poster from 1973. > > If you do not believe me, see for yourself. The second image shows the > original and the copy side by side, and you will see it's all there: > > > https://www.filmposter.net/en/escuela-en-alta-mar-high-seas-school-original-release-cuban-movie-poster.html > > Cheers, > > Helmut > *Gesendet: *Mittwoch, 17. September 2025 um 16:35 > *Von: *"Michael Danese" < > [email protected]> > *An: *[email protected] > *Betreff: *[MOPO] Jaws > I thought y’all might enjoy this! > > https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jaws-roger-kastel-academy-museum-2688384 > > Thanks, > Michael Danese > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
