I totally bombed the title on this when I first posted it. The new title is of course J's fault.

by greg—Jun 30, 01:13 PM

Awful to behold.

by JH—Jun 30, 01:27 PM

Did you check out the whole exhibition? There’s lots more! Shock and Awe are good, but my favorite I think are the ones referencing the rapture (Left Behind for example)

Her monkey portraits are neat, too!

by greg—Jun 30, 01:34 PM

I did, but there’s only so much punishment I can take at once. The only thing that makes looking at them easier to bear is knowing that those faces could just as easily be inspired by a spilt glass of apple juice as any sort of real harm.

by JH—Jun 30, 01:56 PM

That was actually my first reaction, that they are so many crocodile tears that the series is almost comical. Perhaps your sense of sympathy is more refined than mine?

At the same time, the torture Greenberg must have gone through to provoke the kids to such paroxysms!

by greg—Jun 30, 01:59 PM

I also realize that my title is a misnomer in relation to the exhibition as a whole, which is about our present…

by greg—Jun 30, 02:05 PM

The kids’ reactions were produced by giving them a lollipop, then taking it away. Very, very easy to produce hysteria in children that age.

by apostropher—Jun 30, 04:03 PM

Check out Greenberg’s website:

The Manipulator

by kathy—Jun 30, 09:36 PM

Lollipops? That’s not like taking candy from a—

Does anyone need me to finish that sentence?

And thanks for stopping, apostropher.

by greg—Jun 30, 10:01 PM

I took a test once where I was to look at a series of faces and identify their mood from a choice of several words. I scored a 15/15. Average male score was something like 7, average female score I think was 10 or 11. Yeah, I’m a woman…a super-woman.

by JH—Jul 1, 04:04 AM

you mean it’s not some code letting your respective mums know that they have much to worry about?

by Jeremy—Jul 2, 08:00 PM

besides the fact the mums don’t read (this site)?—no…

by greg—Jul 3, 06:10 AM