And here it is. Please enjoy. Something like an intertwined church-state WHERE’S WALDO? or perhaps a Sgt. Pepper parody done by Thomas Kinkaid.
If you scrollover it tells you who the person is.
Some of my favorite things about it:
Abraham Lincoln is evidently singing ‘Mammy’ while John Adams and Alexander Hamilton (to his left/your right) are clearly doing a softshoe duet.
Jesus is holding the U.S. Constitution. Cause he loved it, you know. All he talked about.
Frederick Douglass and the Black Union Soldier are probably p.o.d at being all the way in the back (left), next to U.S. Grant (an alcoholic former slaveowner) and behind numerous other slaveowners.
Little 5’3 James Madison is probably wondering how he got to be as tall as Jefferson.
George Wythe behind them is probably saying “Where’s my damned grandnephew?”
The Union soldier at left has evidently been maced by the dwarf doughboy next to him.
Then there are the captions when you scroll over the people in the foreground. The professor with his “Origin of Species” book (how do they know it’s not the one with the new Kirk Cameron/Ray Comfort intro?) and “Mr. Hollywood” sneering at the handicapped child are my favorites.
Did I mention that Jesus (that’s him in the center between [Godfearing slaveowners] Washington and Madison and in front of the peculiarly proportioned 1950s kid) is holding the Constitution? No more “render unto Caesar… cause last time I looked me boogie, Caesar’s dead… long live the U-S-F&CKIN’-A! YEEHAAAA!”)
And note that it’s not a handicapped child, it’s HANDICAP CHILD. (Talk about a lame super hero… get it… lame? Heh heh…)
Mr. McNaughton is all wrong about the Professor, who bears an uncanny reference to Mark Urness “The Furnace”, the most lusted-after professor at my school. Surely he sits on the top step, not because he wants to be closer to God, but because God wishes to be closer to him. Lincoln’s checking him out. He has the right idea.
Someone commenting at Pharyngula shared a parody version that’s considerably more honest. Check it out.
Try it again. I think it was offline for a while last night.
From time to time there are “What exactly is ‘camp’?” threads. There are several answers- you can intentionally make camp (the Naked Gun movies for example), but the best ‘camp’ is failed earnesty (Reefer Madness, Dragnet). This picture is an excellent example of unintentional/highest camp.
