DAMN!!! I thought this guy looked familiar!!!

[KansDem]

A DUer* posted the Norman Rockwell painting entitled “Free Speech” in a thread earlier this morning. I remember that painting but thought it look surprising familiar this time. COMPARE THESE TWO PICTURES.



Harry Taylor, exercising his right to free speech in criticizing Bush



Norman Rockwell’s painting

Doesn’t Mr. Taylor and Rockwell’s subject look identical?

Is this uncanny or what?

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*Sorry I can credit the original DUer as I wasn't able to find the post.

[babylonsister]

1. Cue "Twilight Zone' music; yes, they do indeed! nt

[Canuckistanian]

2. Wow, what an uncanny photoshop job

Amazing.

[KansDem]

7. Wait, are you saying the painting has been photoshopped?

??
:(

[Geoff R. Casavant]

12. Yes.

The man in the original painting looked more like a young Abraham Lincoln. Someone stuck Mr. Taylor's face in it instead.

[0007]

9. I still think the guy was a plant

[timber84]

29. I'm still trying to convince you.

http://www.the-freedom-group.org/

[Stuckinthebush]

13. Yep...pretty clearly a photoshop job

but a good idea

[monarch]

3. Wow, just wow!

This is the BEST day ever on DU.

[tridim]

4. That's a photoshopped version of the painting

But the original looks like him too.

[C_U_L8R]

5. and this one

(not photoshopped.. naturally)

[AndyA]

6. Perhaps there is a greater power at work here.

Perhaps that power that talks to George Bush is sending him another message.

The resemblance is...well...I keep expecting Rod Serling to appear at any moment.

[Carni]

8. That's got to be photoshopped!

No way! lol

[AndyA]

11. It is photoshopped...

You'd have to compare it to the original to catch it, though.

[KansDem]

15. Here's the original

Ok, ok, I was wrong--I apologize

:blush:

[Carni]

20. No problem LOL

Whoever did it did a pretty good job :)

[Canuckistanian]

25. Eh, we all get fooled sometimes.

Just ask a Bush supporter.

[sasha031]

10. unbelievable

amazing....we should send this to Oberman

[LA lady]

14. There is a resemblence to the real one

[Fridays Child]

16. Here's the original.

Norman Rockwell would be branded a liberal subversive, if he were alive today.

[Tight_rope]

28. Damn and a Redhead in both!....Truely amazing.

[brook]

17. Uncanny.

One could speculate that Harry came from Central Casting. If so, one could further speculate that it was a Rovian plan to humanize *theUnhuman. It does strike me as unusual that Harry was 'encouraged' to speak his mind. Hmmmm?

Edited: Guess I should look before I leap. Though both Harry and the original Rockwell subject look like earnest, average guys.

[babylonsister]

19. Do you think the blivet was humanized by the exchange? I

certainly didn't get that impression.

[brook]

27. Hell no.eom

[KansDem]

18. Sorry! Nothing to see here...move along....there's real news out there...

Don't mind me...

:blush:

on edit: But I gotta say, I was REALLY excited there for a moment...

[Blue_Roses]

21. he still looks like the original guy

what an awesome picture. I would love to have one like it.

[wovenpaint]

22. painting and photo together in the original thread-see post 78

I think that there's no such thing as coincidence......
Look at post #78
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x863109#865146

[Catherine Vincent]

23. Check the homepage.

The comparison pics are there.

[shenmue]

24. Yeah that is striking

:7

Wow!

[AzDar]

26. Dang, they do! That man is a hero, IMNSHO.... n/t