[Leica] ***SPAM*** Re: Famous Man, Florence, Italy, 2014

[philippe.amard]

Le 23 mars 15 à 17:09, David Lykes Keenan a écrit :

>> Phew! Amazing on so many levels Dave !
>>
>> The guy looks like Santa in the US vision of the bearded Disneyed
>> German Santa.
>>
>> In addition you get a sort of mise en ab?me effect* that I find, is
>> absolutely incredibly powerful - get two and pay for one ;-)
>>
>> And as a native and speaker of the language I think that "Le Figaro"
>> quote comes as the most hilarious and surrealistic* point I've seen  
>> in
>> ages on the LUG
>>
>> CONCLUSION?
>>
>> Terrific, double or triple RRR
>
> Philippe --
>
> I've been told that the man in the photograph is Chef "Picchi"  
> Cibreo. He's
> well known for something -- the thing that's in the jar he's holding  
> up in
> the video playing behind him, I think.
>
> Something you wrote, "mise en ab?me effect*, got lost in translation.
> Please try again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_abyme



>
> As an English speaker only, please explain how "Le Figaro" strikes  
> your
> funny bone.
> .

 From what I remember right now there was that terrible haircut/do and  
le figaro (read newspaper but also barber as in Le Nozze di Figaro by   
Mozart) advert? next to the person

But I may have now got things mixed up and the link has disappeared  
from the thread so I'm not that sure this is what I had meant, sorry ...

More off list if need be :-)

Amities
Ph


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