We should all use Trump's mugshot pose, the "Kubrick Stare," next week...

[nature-lover]

Last edited Fri Aug 25, 2023, 04:40 PM - Edit history (1)

as our Facebook, etc. picture. Make fun of it. If everyone does it, he will hate it. There should be a Dark Brandon one too. Put it everywhere so that he can't feel special. You know that this mug shot is his favorite picture of himself.

[SharonClark]

1. He being trump?

[nature-lover]

3. Yes, sorry I should have specified that.

[ShazzieB]

6. Why do you call it the Kubruck stare?

Just curious.

[edbermac]

9. A favorite shot Kubrick used in his films

Link to tweet

[ShazzieB]

12. Yeah, I get it now.

I see exactly what you mean. As I said in another reply, I'm too creeped out by that mugshot to feel like making fun of it, but I definitely see what you mean.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. It's a Mein Kampf anger

Looks like a painful case of constipation

[EYESORE 9001]

14. Constipation can be a struggle

He’s never wrangled anything tougher than a turd in his whole life.

[ShazzieB]

4. What's the Kubrick stare, and why should we all use it?

I need some context, lol.

[keep_left]

7. Here's a couple articles (check out #2 in particular).

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/cinematic-gaze-meaning-behind-the-trademark-kubrick-stare/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/donald-trump-mugshot-stanley-kubrick/

[ShazzieB]

11. Thanks.

Would have been helpful to include these in the op.

I don't feel much like making fun of that pic, because it honestly creeps me out! Whatever tough guy persona he may have been trying to project, all I can see is his towering, murderous rage at being in such a humiliating position. (Never mind that he put himself there by his own criminal actions.)

It is kind of funny how much it resemble those pics from Kubrick's films, but it still creeps me out!

[prodigitalson]

13. towering, murderous rage at being in such a humiliating position..yep

yes, it's the look of psychopthis narcisist suffering a major narcisistic wound. one who knows that the two most likely paths his life will take are to go to prison or end American democracy by becoming a dictator.

[LAS14]

5. I second the request for an explanation of "Kubrick stare." nt

[CurtEastPoint]

8. here ya go

https://www.google.com/search?q=Kubrick+stare.&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#ip=1&vhid=LNNczIlwizhzVM

[nature-lover]

10. Kubrick State was this film director's signature bad-ass or deranged look. "The Shining" etc.

The Kubrick Stare is really quite simple to pull off. You simply do the following:

Tilt head down
Look up beneath eyebrows
...and voila! Instant super-creepy look!

It generally signifies that the character in question is either really, really pissed or really, really deranged, and the person they're looking at is really, really screwed. Other times — usually when combined with a smile — it means they're feeling really, really clever (regardless of whether or not they actually are). It's arguably the most easily executed type of Death Glare.

When a show or film utilizes the look, it's often a homage to Stanley Kubrick. Either way, it's really creepy and ominous. Although depending on the context, it can also be very badass.

[link:https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KubrickStare|

I'll update the post to clarify.

Thanks to all of you who asked for clarity.

[Recycle_Guru]

15. uh..no. isn't that what his mindless followers and bots are doing?

[canetoad]

16. I had to go find this pic

Because I think tfg is trying to recreate his Apprentice persona in the mugshot. I really believe the head-down scowl and the thousand yard stare are the invention of stylists and marketers specifically for the TV show, designed to make him look fearless and in charge.