Subject: The Scream
From: Cecilia Baader (ceciliabaader@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed May 30 2001 - 12:56:09 GMT
Hello, fish.
Given our recent discussion and my theory that The Laughing Man has his
roots in popular culture of 1929, I thought I'd mention a possible
connection. Something that always comes to mind when I read the
following passage in "The Laughing Man" is Edvard Munch's painting "The
Scream":
"... the bandits, signally piqued, placed the little fellow's head in a
carpenter's vise and gave the lever several turns to the right. The
subject of this unique experience grew into manhood with a harless,
pecan-shaped head and a face that featured, instead of a mouth, and
enormous oval cavity below the nose. The nose itself consisted of two
flesh-sealed nostrils" (58-59).
Edvard Munch's "The Scream" (1893):
http://www.geocities.com/ceciliabaader/munch-scream.jpg
Everytime I think of The Laughing Man, I think of this painting. Yes?
No?
Regards,
Cecilia.
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