You know — we all know — that Trump stood in front of a mirror practicing that expression. Not, unfortunately, the bathroom mirror in private (though that’s risible enough.) No, he would have set himself in front of a floor-length mirror surrounded by sycophants, stylists, and publicity agents and forced everyone to watch him scowl in various ways: head up, head down; titled left, right, and center; eyes closed, open, and crossed.
“Whaddaya think of this one — do I look intimidating or are my jowls sticking out? And now? Or maybe this one, over the shoulder with a wink? Yeah, probably not …”
For hours. It boggles the mind, and will no doubt end up in one of the upty -gazillion tell-all memoirs coming out in about 5 years.
You know — we all know — that Trump stood in front of a mirror practicing that expression. Not, unfortunately, the bathroom mirror in private (though that’s risible enough.) No, he would have set himself in front of a floor-length mirror surrounded by sycophants, stylists, and publicity agents and forced everyone to watch him scowl in various ways: head up, head down; titled left, right, and center; eyes closed, open, and crossed.
Okay, going for the Godwin here. This little scenario reminds me of Hitler getting his photographer to take pictures of him as he tried out different dramatic jestures and movements to accompany his speeches.
It’s not just Nicholson. It’s been noted that this is the “Kubrick Stare”, the moment in a Kubrick film that marks the central character’s peak madness. Check this out if you don’t want to sleep tonight:
You know — we all know — that Trump stood in front of a mirror practicing that expression. Not, unfortunately, the bathroom mirror in private (though that’s risible enough.) No, he would have set himself in front of a floor-length mirror surrounded by sycophants, stylists, and publicity agents and forced everyone to watch him scowl in various ways: head up, head down; titled left, right, and center; eyes closed, open, and crossed.
“Whaddaya think of this one — do I look intimidating or are my jowls sticking out? And now? Or maybe this one, over the shoulder with a wink? Yeah, probably not …”
For hours. It boggles the mind, and will no doubt end up in one of the upty -gazillion tell-all memoirs coming out in about 5 years.
Okay, going for the Godwin here. This little scenario reminds me of Hitler getting his photographer to take pictures of him as he tried out different dramatic jestures and movements to accompany his speeches.
https://iconic-photos.com/tag/speech/
It’s not just Nicholson. It’s been noted that this is the “Kubrick Stare”, the moment in a Kubrick film that marks the central character’s peak madness. Check this out if you don’t want to sleep tonight:
And… it didn’t work. Here’s the Telegraph article, though it’s behind a paywall, the photo is above the gate: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/donald-trump-mugshot-stanley-kubrick/
Odd how he got his own lighting setup, unlike his fellow goons.