ROTFL. Beautiful.
George
>
> There have occasionally been threads on topics related to artistic
> interpretation and I thought it may be appropriate to invest some
> space on a
> brief tutorial.
>
> A couple attending an art exhibit at the National Gallery were
> staring at a
> portrait that had them completely confused. The painting depicted
> three very
> black and totally naked men sitting on a park bench. Two of the
> figures had
> black penises, but the one in the middle had a pink penis. The curator of
> the gallery realized that they were having trouble interpreting
> the painting
> and offered his assessment. He went on for nearly half an hour explaining
> how it depicted the sexual emasculation of African-Americans in a
> predominately white, patriarchal society. "In fact," he pointed out, "some
> serious critics believe that the pink penis also reflects the cultural and
> sociological oppression experienced by men in contemporary society." After
> the curator left, a Scottish man approached the couple and said,
> "Would you
> like to know what the painting is really about?" "Now why would
> you claim to
> be more of an expert than the curator of the gallery?" asked the couple.
> "Because I'm the guy who painted it," he replied. "In fact, there's
> no African-Americans depicted at all. They're just three Scottish
> coal-miners. The only difference is that the guy in the middle
> went home for
> lunch."
>
> /jim
>
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