Thursday, 1 March 2018
Caspar David Friedrichie Rich
I was going to do a photoshop of the Caspar David Friedrich painting Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, with a young ghost looking out at the mountains.
It would have the following caption:
'Caspar David Friedrichie Rich'.
It would be a play on Caspar David Freidrich and the cartoon character Richie Rich.
But then I realised that Richie Rich wasn't a ghost, no matter what the Simpsons might say:
Somehow, probably because of this Simpsons joke, I'd conflated the ghost and the rich boy.
I must have been further confused that the painter's name contained both Caspar and Rich. My brain had mixed it all up.
It's confusing.
I think the whole thing is muddied beyond repair. Of course, I could do a couple of things.
I could Photoshop the ghost onto the painting and put something like 'Caspar David Friedrich the Friendly Ghost' (or just 'Caspar the Friendly Ghost' for the intelligentsia).
Or I could Photoshop the wealthy child onto the painting and do the original 'Caspar David Friedrichie Rich'. But is Richie Rich recognizable enough from behind to make that obvious?
I really don't want to google "Richie Rich from behind" to check. Especially not at work.
It's a shame, because it seemed like such a perfect comedy idea at the time.
Oh well.
Also, I don't have Photoshop.
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