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It looks like "How" was accidentally dropped from the title so as-written it doesn't quite make sense because today Guernica is hardly considered a "flop". His
by elliekelly 4y ago
It looks like "How" was accidentally dropped from the title so as-written it doesn't quite make sense because today Guernica is hardly considered a "flop". His related sketches The Dream and Lie of Franco[1][2] are also worth a look.
Fun fact: Franco wanted Guernica exhibited in Spain but Picasso refused. It lived at the MoMA with instructions that it shouldn't be sent to Spain until Spain was a democracy and the people were free.
Not so fun fact: Picasso was an arogant asshole of the highest order.
[1]https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/370475 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/370475
[2]https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336519 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336519
- brudgers 4y agoPablo Picasso never got called an asshole. https://youtu.be/AXtBsikiY50 https://youtu.be/AXtBsikiY50
- dang 4y agoI approve of you linking to the John Cale version. the original (produced by Cale): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujwAUbRa4cs#t=674 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujwAUbRa4cs#t=674 bowie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSccHqk9s64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSccHqk9s64 talking heads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_CCbENmNaI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_CCbENmNaI
- dtgriscom 4y agoI prefer Burning Sensations' version from Repo Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl8sWnUZVL4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl8sWnUZVL4
- corrral 4y ago> It looks like "How" was accidentally dropped from the title so as-written it doesn't quite make sense because today Guernica is hardly considered a "flop". I don't follow how adding "how" modifies the meaning in this way—making it clear it's about a historical and not ongoing situation. Also, I think "how" is dropped automatically by HN because it's usually ugly and meaning-free clickbaitese.
- elliekelly 4y agoPerhaps pedantic but to me "Picasso’s Great Anti-war Mural Flopped" sounds like a story about a crappy painting while "How Picasso’s Great Anti-war Mural Flopped" sounds like a story about the situation and circumstances surrounding the painting. But I agree that with or without the "how" they're both pretty click-baity titles.
- dang 4y agoI'd say the software got that one right, but the title without "how" is still pretty baity. We've changed it to the HTML doc title now, minus "unexpected".