Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 That's the only description I can come up with to describe how he could possibly have come up with THIS and actually sell it for $14.50: The New York Times art critic has published quite the critique of this...masterpiece. Or whatever the hell it is. Quote Mao Zedong wrote poetry. Bill Clinton played saxophone. Winston Churchill and George W. Bush both turned to painting. For some politicians, only art can calm the passions after a long day — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, now steering New York to a cautious reopening after the deaths of 32,000 citizens, has lately taken solace in the discipline of graphic design. “What if somebody said, ‘OK, no words? Paint me a picture that tells the story of what you’re trying to say,’ ” Mr. Cuomo asked himself Monday. Depicting his response to the coronavirus outbreak in images was “like a relief valve,” he went on; “I could go and just use a different side of my brain.” Do bear in mind the governor’s admission that he relied on a less exercised lobe when you examine his new poster — his second this year — bearing the slogan “New York Tough.” This synthesis of the state’s coronavirus ordeal, on whose themes the governor expatiated during a New York City news conference, appears like a lysergic imitation of a Victorian public reform campaign — translating the nightmare of the pandemic into an equally nightmarish vision of an island mountain, festooned with icons of death and decline, overlaid with text flying in every direction. Now, the Governor could perhaps be forgiven for this lapse of judgment and general good taste if this was his first foray into...graphic design. But it's not at all. BECAUSE HE RELEASED ONE OF THESE BACK IN JANUARY! This is CLEARLY a man who has lost his goddamned mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Sir, this is art and I demand you not insult my fellow Italian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 The Squalls of Hate would be an awesome band name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Trump sitting on the moon saying it's just the flu is art, damnit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 32 minutes ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: That's the only description I can come up with to describe how he could possibly have come up with THIS and actually sell it for $14.50: This is CLEARLY a man who has lost his goddamned mind. Also are we 100% sure that's Andrew Cuomo and not Willem Dafoe from Spider-Man? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 It just keeps getting better the more I look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 The amount of discourse this piece has led to means it is, in fact, good art. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Stop mocking the man, he was inspired by his mother: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Kal-El814 said: Also are we 100% sure that's Andrew Cuomo and not Willem Dafoe from Spider-Man? I was thinking the same thing! "You know, I'm something of an artist myself." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 “Taken leave” suggests he had them in the first place. The guy has always lived in an alternate reality, kinda seems like his brother does too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 OH GOD - HOW COULD I FORGET THIS?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 He just has big dad energy! My dad does the same kind of shit...When I went off to college he took a rawhide, branded my initials on it, covered it in epoxy, and built a wooden platform for it. The message being conveyed? That he was proud of me for being so ‘tough, like rawhide’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 In other words, he’s America’s daddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 53 minutes ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: OH GOD - HOW COULD I FORGET THIS?!? WTF is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Brick said: WTF is that? Quote Cuomo displayed a large plastic foam mountain at his coronavirus briefing in Manhattan, calling it a visualization of the state's efforts to flatten and bend the COVID-19 curve after getting hit harder by the virus than any other state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Why is the number 42 on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Brick said: Why is the number 42 on it? I believe that NY's "peak" deaths occurred on Day 42. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 43 minutes ago, Chris- said: He just has big dad energy! My dad does the same kind of shit...When I went off to college he took a rawhide, branded my initials on it, covered it in epoxy, and built a wooden platform for it. The message being conveyed? That he was proud of me for being so ‘tough, like rawhide’. I can’t wait to find out what insane dad thing I do when my oldest starts college in 4 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, sblfilms said: I can’t wait to find out what insane dad thing I do when my oldest starts college in 4 years When we laid my mom to rest, he also insisted that we all write letters to place with the urn; he claimed it is a Jewish burial tradition that he read about. Beyond my skepticism as to how true that is, both him and my mom are/were Catholic. This is also a man who spent three years living in the Shah's Iran, during which he almost ended up with a gold Ferrari gifted to the Shah by the Italian government, and ultimately was chased out of the country by Manucher Ghorbanifar after the Iranian trucker union wrote his company a bad check. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Chris- said: When we laid my mom to rest, he also insisted that we all write letters to place with the urn; he claimed it is a Jewish burial tradition that he read about. Beyond my skepticism as to how true that is, both him and my mom are/were Catholic. This is also a man who spent three years living in the Shah's Iran, during which he almost ended with a gold Ferrari gifted to the Shah by the Italian government, and ultimately was chased out of the country by Manucher Ghorbanifar after the Iranian trucker union wrote his company a bad check. There is so much to unpack in these two paragraphs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 @Chris- did your father ever make oblique references to working with "the Company"? Because once you have ANY dealings with Manucher Ghorbanifar, that's pretty much a flag of "Company" involvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 50 minutes ago, Chris- said: In other words, he’s America’s daddy. America's leather daddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: @Chris- did your father ever make oblique references to working with "the Company"? Because once you have ANY dealings with Manucher Ghorbanifar, that's pretty much a flag of "Company" involvement. Like a good Company man, he has not! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 22 minutes ago, Chris- said: When we laid my mom to rest, he also insisted that we all write letters to place with the urn; he claimed it is a Jewish burial tradition that he read about. Beyond my skepticism as to how true that is, both him and my mom are/were Catholic. This is also a man who spent three years living in the Shah's Iran, during which he almost ended up with a gold Ferrari gifted to the Shah by the Italian government, and ultimately was chased out of the country by Manucher Ghorbanifar after the Iranian trucker union wrote his company a bad check. I'd watch this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: I'd watch this movie. I've actually been recording some of his stories, and plan on writing some creative non-fiction pieces with them...Not really looking to achieve anything, mainly just want to document/publish the fact that my dad is dope as hell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Pulling a @SaysWho? and making a separate topic for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Obviously the Trump administration has horribly mismanaged this crisis. But their are a ton of governors and mayors out there who are doing just as terribly and deserve to lose their jobs. I hope we actually get some accountability, but I'm not holding my breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 37 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: Obviously the Trump administration has horribly mismanaged this crisis. But their are a ton of governors and mayors out there who are doing just as terribly and deserve to lose their jobs. I hope we actually get some accountability, but I'm not holding my breath. Cuomo and Bill de Blasio are somewhere near the top of that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I've said it before and I'll say it again... New Yorkers disagree with you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 You could argue Cuomo acted a bit late, sure, but since then he has handled the situation exceptionally well. He was handed the absolute worst situation in the country and those that do no acknowledge that to not deserve to be taken seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Just now, Jose said: You could argue Cuomo acted a bit late, sure, but since then he has handled the situation exceptionally well. He was handed the absolute worst situation in the country and those that do no acknowledge that to not deserve to be taken seriously. Yeah having been here to actually see it I'm amazed that New York was able to get a handle on this. Partnering with Connecticut and New Jersey was beneficial for all involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 https://newrepublic.com/article/158489/andrew-cuomo-coronavirus-mountain-poster-governors-should-resign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 It's funny to me that people congratulate governors that did not make the nursing home mistake when they were never forced to make a difficult decision in the first place. Why would I discharge a COVID patient back to a nursing home if the hospital he/she was staying at wasn't completely overwhelmed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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