Caption Contest Time!

[tzikeh]

Frankly, I think nothing can anyone says can come close to the pure WTFery of the picture, but gimme your best shot. Best captioneer gets... uh... something. A vicodin. A unicorn of their very own. A date with Stalin.

I got nothin'.

Or, if you've got no caption, try to Apples to Apples it. Tell me the story of how the several elements of the picture related.



ETA: Oh holy crap there are more naked-Obama-avec-unicorn paintings.

In a MILLION YEARS, would someone have painted a white President and First Lady naked?

(Okay, breathe, stay focused, channel your rage into captioning the Stalin/Obama/Unicorn/House IDEK....)

Comments

[suaine.livejournal.com]

I am so confused by these. I can't even figure out what the intention is. All I get is UNICORN/OBAMA and then I want to curl up and cry myself to sleep.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Apparently he's also painted Ann Coulter burning a bra made of pancakes.

...

I was going to say "I want some of what he's smoking," but I actually really don't.

[(Anonymous)]

I saw that. I... I really can't even contemplate this. It doesn't compute and I don't want it to.

[suaine.livejournal.com]

That was me.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

In a MILLION YEARS, would someone

Sure. Specify type of goat, right? (No, seriously. Only presidents have been historically not only white, but also kind of homely. But if you don't think there was goofy fetishy LA LA I'M NOT LISTENING involving JFK? I mean.)

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I disagree. Look at some of the other paintings. This smacks of "Black people completely naked is just cultural anthropology. National Geographic did it all the time."

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

I actually haven't looked at any of the paintings - I didn't follow the link when I first heard about this thing a couple of weeks ago (and in the two instances people on my flist have posted without a cut, I've shut my eyes and blocked the image), because AUGH MY EYES. So my speculation is completely theoretical, and I have no basis on which to agree or disagree with you w/r/t this particular collection - but I still think I'm right that people will fetishize anything.

[ubixtiz.livejournal.com]

Someone was actually doing a series of paintings of herself having sex with all of the Presidents of the US (in order) earlier this year, I think...here we go, Justine Lai. NSFW, naturally.

Still, I don't know if it's the same thing. There are certainly more issues than race involved (I'd argue that the nature of celebrity today affects both the likelihood of naked paintings and the inclusion of the First Lady) but I'm hesitant to conclude that race is not a factor.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I gotta go with race, here--it's very very... I don't know exactly how to phrase it. Naked white people are porn. Naked black people are cultural anthropology. You know? They're lesser, and it's okay to show their naked asses because they're uncivilized. You could see pictures of naked black women in National Geographic, but never naked white women.

The woman painting herself having sex with every single president... well, that's about her more than them, isn't it? Not sure what kind of statement she's making, but if she's going to paint all forty-four, I don't think it's about nudity, and it sure isn't about a specific person (except herself).

[ubixtiz.livejournal.com]

Sorry if I was unclear or if my comment was outside of the conversation you want to have here. I agree with you: I do think race is a major factor in the way the Obamas are being portrayed in those paintings.

I thought the Justine Lai project was interesting in terms of the assertion that previous Presidents may not been painted due to homeliness, but it's absolutely not a comparable set of works: her project is about humanising authority figures, not...whatever the unicorn pictures are about.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Ah! No worries. I think the naked/unicorn/house/stalin thing has melted my brain.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

This. [nods]

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

A naked Barack Obama, a broken shackle on his ankle and the chain for it in his hand, leading his unicorn away with an unidentified white woman on it.

Yeah, that's not "slaves be taken our white wimmin".

[ubixtiz.livejournal.com]

...In fact I think it might be "slaves be takin' our white wimmen" with some sort of combination of health care reform with (reversed? highly problematic? nonsensical?) underground railroad references? IDEK *flails*

[ubixtiz.livejournal.com]

I feel like it could be cover art for an id-heavy WIP on ff.net. It's like a bad post-apocalyptic YA fantasy novel mashed up with RPF.

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

Is it a statement on health care reform?

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I... think so?

Re:

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

See icon.

[deejay.livejournal.com]

Man, as soon as I hit "Send" I knew it was a mistake, lol! I'm not even into RPS. Sorry! *g*

[mtgat]

Where the hell is Neil Patrick Harris when you need him?

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Oh God... you... you....

TONIGHT, ON "SO YOU THINK YOU CAN RACE UNICORNS": BARACK OBAMA VS. NEIL PATRICK HARRIS IN THE BARE-NEKKID CHALLENGE!

[amy_vic.livejournal.com]

I would watch that show in a heartbeat.

[mtgat]

I would write RPF for that show. Mostly about the unicorns.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

If we can get it going, it could be a brand-new Yuletide category.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

In a MILLION YEARS, would someone have painted a white President and First Lady naked?

I would be shocked if there aren't crazy paintings of JFK stashed away in someone's attic waiting to horrify future generations.

[danceswithwords.livejournal.com]

If health care reform passes, Josef Stalin will drug you with vicodin while House looks on jealously!

... I don't know, I've got nothing, but that beats anything I've seen on badpaintingsofbarackobama.com by a mile.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

OMG if we get a Single Payer option, I could go see House. :D

[grace-om.livejournal.com]

And notice, if you will, that his ears not only stick out, they look a bit pointy as well.

Well, the whole set is weirdy McWierd WTFery, but what about the one with the naked, defeated-looking Rush Limbaugh...???

[vickita.livejournal.com]

::blink:: Is that *House*??? ::blinks again::

::turns head sideways::

Nope, didn't help.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I think it's a statement on Socialized medicine.

I think.

[elektra-lyte.livejournal.com]

It is? Jeez louise, I can't think of damn thing to say about this...

[esorlehcar.livejournal.com]

... huh.

Yeah, I've got nothing.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

I've seen this guy's crap before, but I hadn't realized they were ANTI-Obama until now. Maybe because I was trying not to look too hard? *facepalms*

[azriona.livejournal.com]

I can't decide what amuses me more: the strategic position of the unicorn's horn, or the fact that House is standing next to him.

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

"Thanks for the drugs, House. Being in this painting is giving me a headache."

[merricatk.livejournal.com]

Our virgin president has captured the pure US, and taken medicine out of the hands of the drug addicted doctors and put it into the hands of the communists.

I like that House has become the symbol of medicine.

[kirbyfest.livejournal.com]

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. I AM CONFUSED AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE SCARED.

[sithdragn.livejournal.com]

The only thing it appears to be missing is a Twilight reference.

IHNFI, but I'm sure as hell saving this for the next ontd_startrek post.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I was sort of almost grasping some kind of repugnant but cohesive symbolism for a moment there until I got to Hugh Laurie.

Then I had to shut down and reboot.