Tuesday, December 8, 2015
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: FIORE - AMERICAN POLITICIAN MICHELE - YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS FROM A SECOND CITY SATIRE SKIT - BUT NO THIS IS A SINCERE FAMILY CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM A LUNATIC ASYLUM SOMEWHERE IN NEVADA - DO THEY "CARRY" TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS? TO THE MOVIES? CAMPAIGN RALLIES? IMAGINE WHAT FAMILY ARGUMENTS LOOK LIKE? A QUENTIN TARANTINO MOVIE
Friday, November 27, 2015
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ERDOGAN - TURKEY'S RECEP IS A SCARY PIECE OF WORK - SEETHING WITH INTENSE HATREDS AND ABLE TO TURN ON A DIME - HE RECENTLY BUILT HIMSELF A ONE THOUSAND-ROOM PALACE OF BREATHTAKING UGLINESS - HE OFTEN MAKES CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS WITHIN DAYS - HE PERSECUTES JOURNALISTS WHO REVEAL ANY UNACKNOWLEDGED TRUTH ABOUT HIS GOVERNMENT - HE IS A SERIOUSLY UNBALANCED MIND GOVERNING A MAJOR COUNTRY - YET HE CAN PLAY DANGEROUS GAMES AS PART OF NATO AND SOME PUSH FOR HIM TO JOIN THE EU
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HOLLANDE - FRANCOIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY POMPOUS ASSES - HERE HE STANDS RIGIDLY IN THE RAIN AS IF TO PROVE SOMETHING ABOUT HIS CHARACTER - AND JUST LOOK AT THAT JACKASS SIGNATURE - HE'S ALL EGO AND VERY LITTLE CONTENT FITTING HIS ROLE AS AMERICA'S FRENCH-SPEAKING HOUSEHOLD HELP - FRANCE HAS FINALLY HIT BOTTOM WITH THIS GUY IN ITS LONG PLUNGE FROM DE GAULLE'S GRANDEUR AND INTELLIGENT INDEPENDENCE
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ROYAL FAMILY - 1933 PHOTO OF THEM BEING COACHED BY FATHER IN THE FINE POINTS OF NAZI SALUTE - ODD TO SAY THE LEAST - BUT IN THE 1930s THE TRUTH IS HITLER WAS WIDELY ADMIRED IN THE WEST AND WE LIKE TO FORGET THAT - ODD TOO THAT RUPERT MURDOCH'S OUTFIT WOULD RUN THIS - NOTHING BIG HAPPENS WITHOUT THAT DICTATOR'S APPROVAL - WHAT'S GOING ON THERE IS THE BIG UNANSWERED QUESTION
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BUSH - JEB RESEMBLES A STARTLED DEER IN HEADLIGHTS - HE EXPLAINS HOW HE "MISSPOKE" WHEN HE SAID TOO MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT ON WOMEN'S HEALTH - WHAT IS MISSPEAKING ANYHOW? SAYING WHAT YOU REALLY THINK? HOW A MAN OF HIS AGE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE SUCH A POLITICALLY DUMB STATEMENT IS BEYOND ME - I USED TO THINK HE WAS THE SMART ONE COMPARED TO BROTHER GEORGE - BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEEP VEIN OF STUPIDITY IN THAT FAMILY
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HARPER - STEVE'S SUIT IS UGLY AS IS HIS ILL-FITTING SWEATER AND YOU CAN SEE HIS BELLY BUTTON - A SHIP-BOARD FASHION SHOW FOR SCHMOES? MAYBE HE'S TRYING OUT FOR A MICHELIN MAN COMMERCIAL? NO, I THINK HE'S JUST TRYING DESPERATELY TO SHOW HE ACTUALLY HAS A PERSONALITY - LOOKS LIKE WIFEY BACK ON THE RIGHT EITHER STUDIOUSLY IGNORING HIM THROWING UP WITH SEA SICKNESS
Sunday, May 24, 2015
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: YATSENYUK - ARSENIY GIVES THE HIGH SIGN - YOU CAN TELL BY THE STRESS ON THE LIPS THAT EVEN DOING THAT IS A BIT OF A TASK - HE MUST FOCUS HARD TO KEEP HIS THUMB POINTING UP - AFTER ALL, HE IS PRIME MINISTER OF THE BASKET CASE CALLED UKRAINE A COUNTRY THAT CAN'T PAY ITS DEBTS, IS GOING TO RUN OUT OF FUEL, HAS BATTALIONS OF ARMED NAZI THUGS LOOSE ON THE STREETS, AND CAN'T EVEN SHOOT STRAIGHT - PROSPECTS DO NOT LOOK GOOD FOR A SECOND TERM
Sunday, March 15, 2015
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - HILLARY IS THE POLITICAL GIFT THAT JUST KEEPS GIVING - HERE SHE FIRST BLOWS EVERY GASKET IN HER MOTOR AND THEN DOES AN AWKWARD VERSION OF HER MISS KITTY-FROM-GUNSMOKE COCKTAIL PARTY CHARADE - I DOUBT THERE HAS EVER BEFORE BEEN A PUBLIC FIGURE WITH SO MANY BIZARRE FACES - MAYBE SHE'S JUST BIZARRE? MAYBE SHE'S MAD? - AFTER ALL, SHE MARRIED BILL - COULD THESE PICTURES EXPLAIN WHY SHE USED HER PRIVATE SERVER AND CELL PHONE FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS AS SECRETARY OF STATE?
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: GATES - BILL'S PSEUDO-BENEVOLENCE PUBLIC-MEETING LOOK - SOME CALL IT HIS PARODY OF THE DALAI LAMA - NOTE THE WALLY CLEAVER DRESS CODE - THIS FROM A MAN WHO MADE BILLIONS SCREWING COMPETITORS AND CUSTOMERS - HIS COMPANY IS THE 2000's HI-TECH EQUIVALENT OF 1970's GENERAL MOTORS TURNING OUT BUILT-IN OBSOLESCENCE - THE FIRST COMPANY OUT OF THE GATE WITH A WINDOWS-COMPATIBLE SUBSTITUTE WILL BE TREATED AS ONE OF HUMANITY'S GREAT BENEFACTORS
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: PSAKI - JEN HAS BEEN SPOKESPERSON BOTH FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT - ALTHOUGH NOT ONE PRESS CORPS REPORTER HAS YET DECIPHERED MUCH OF WHAT SHE'S EVER SAID - I SUPPOSE THAT COULD BE THE IDEA CONSIDERING THE POLICIES SHE SPEAKS FOR - THIS IMAGE CAUGHT HER IN ONE OF HER FREQUENT TRANCES
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: NULAND - VICTORIA - GENUINELY SCARY INDIVIDUAL - SHE SURE SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF EUROPE WHERE HER FULL-TIME JOB IS TO VILIFY RUSSIA AND START A WAR IF POSSIBLE - BUT WE CAN THANK HER LOUD MOUTH FOR ACCIDENTALLY TELLING US HOW THE U.S. PAID FOR UKRAINE'S COUP - HER "FUCK THE EU" QUOTE WILL NOT SOON BE FORGOTTEN - SINCE SHE IS A COMPLETE FAILURE AS A DIPLOMAT, SHE COULD LOOK TO GETTING ROLES IN FILMS LIKE THE NEXT REMAKE OF "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD"
Monday, March 9, 2015
JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MICROSOFT - BING SEARCH ENGINE TRIBUTE CARTOON FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - AN AMAZINGLY BRAINLESS EFFORT WHICH MANAGES TO INSULT OR DEMEAN EVERYONE PICTURED - BUT THEN IT IS THE OUTFIT WHICH SELLS UNFINISHED PRODUCTS FOR FULL PRICE, PATCHES THEM AS YOU USE THEM, AND SHORTLY MAKES THEM OBSOLETE
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