Caricature - a picture, description,
or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are
exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque
effect.
The
above is the meaning I would use in this post.
Indira
Gandhi was caricatured by her pointed, “beaked” nose (“Kili Mookku” in Tamil).
Karunanidhi, his dark glasses (over time the darkness seems to have been
diluted – if only you could understand what I mean!). Lalu Prasad Yadav, hair
in his ear lobes (yuck)! Michael Gorbachev had his large reddish mole on his
head. …
Though
the prospects are dimming (and there is an urgency in my posting this, before
the prospects truly disappear), the caricature of The Donald, the leading
candidate in the US primary election (the circus that it is) of the GOP has
thus far been the blond frills not falling on his forehead. In all the
cartoonish images what I see is something that defines the parasols that
architects (like Le Corbusier) used in their buildings.
Yet,
this does not do justice to the colorful character The Donald is. Here are my
suggestions, sourced from a number of news sites on the Net.
(The space above to be filled up by readers)
OK,
there can be an argument against having more than one caricature image for a
single personality. To wit, the personality may have multiple personalities.
Then, multiple caricatures are justified. This is the case with The Donald;
would anyone argue?
The
following are my suggestions for the caricaturist to use during the upcoming
debates with Hillary Clinton.
The
first photo – when he says, as he is wont to, “Look at the face” referring to
Hillary as he did with, if I am not mistaken, Carly Fiorina (by the way, his
face is nothing to Instagram!)
The
second photo – The Donald abuses Mexicans and Pakistanis in the debate with
Hillary (and this definitely will not be the face he wears when meeting with
leaders of Mexico/Pakistan, to be sure)
The
third photo – the slant eyed pose, in meetings with Chinese/Japanese leaders.
The
fourth photo – when the debate gets too hot and The Donald blurts out something
about blood coming out of … (is he looking at the blood?)
Of
course, as is evident, the ubiquitous parasol is the theme of all caricatures!
Raghuram
Ekambaram
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