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demmiblue

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12. I saw that, too!

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2017, 12:35 PM

Nov 2017

I cringed when he tried to pronounce Seurat with a hard t.

He totally owned it, though (with help from Twitter).

Everyone needs more art! A Detroit Institute of Arts commercial from my childhood:

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MSNBC's Ari Melber's remark today talking about "Monet's pointilism." [View all] CTyankee Nov 2017 OP

He studied law, not art history. But I appreciated the attempt. TeamPooka Nov 2017 #1

I know he is there to talk about the legality of certain actions by Trump et. al. CTyankee Nov 2017 #3

I bought a Kandinsky print once that a gallery had been stamped KLEE on the back. TeamPooka Nov 2017 #7

Sure, but that is a very understandable error. LisaM Nov 2017 #26

LOL, did he mean, Lady Monet? FSogol Nov 2017 #2

Actually, Monet and Seurat were not too distant in time from each other... CTyankee Nov 2017 #4

For My Next Witness. . . ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #5

sorry, I don't get the reference (sounds cute tho)... CTyankee Nov 2017 #6

My Cousin Vinnie genxlib Nov 2017 #9

My Fault, Yank ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #14

I think I saw it! But with my memory issues of late... CTyankee Nov 2017 #15

Two innocent yutes. nt tblue37 Nov 2017 #16

Did You Say Yute? ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #17

Heh heh heh heh. nt tblue37 Nov 2017 #18

That movie genxlib Nov 2017 #8

Lol! eleny Nov 2017 #19

Love it malaise Nov 2017 #10

"Never make an art to politics analogy if you don't know how to identify either." CTyankee Nov 2017 #11

I saw that, too! demmiblue Nov 2017 #12

I remember seeing that room (pic only, never been to Detroit) CTyankee Nov 2017 #13

Diego Rivera murals. longship Nov 2017 #29

fabulous! I remember being blown away by it. CTyankee Nov 2017 #30

No controversy in Detroit, that I know of. longship Nov 2017 #31

I remember, at the time it devastated me even to think about Detroit having CTyankee Nov 2017 #32

Did they wind up selling a lot of the art? eleny Nov 2017 #20

memory I have is that the city didn't have to do that... CTyankee Nov 2017 #23

Uh, how is it pronounced? RandomAccess Nov 2017 #22

Seurat? It's pronounced "Soorah" but the "soo" part has that little French accent CTyankee Nov 2017 #25

LOL -- okay. RandomAccess Nov 2017 #27

I'm sure that if the mistake had been made on Fox, viewers would have noticed and written in too.... renate Nov 2017 #21

Poor Ari gets nailed for trying to broaden his horizon beyond hip-hop ! OnDoutside Nov 2017 #24

I think a little google might have helped him. I like the metaphor, actually, but CTyankee Nov 2017 #28