3 new additions to the pop-fiction series have just been produced in the Beery Method Studio. For all things culturally humorous and caricatured I had to dive into my favorite slapstick comedians, The 3 Stooges. Only, my take on the stooges is a bizarre mash up of faces that seem similar in aesthetics, symmetry, and also just to see how Freudian one can go with the facial features of already overtly strange personalities.
The concept behind mashing up these iconic comedians with fiendish movie characters, serial killers, chemical abusing celebrities, and national hero presidents is create a juxtaposition of character while maintaining a similar expression and mannerism in the facial features of the Stooges. It is no secret I love the Stooges, horror flicks, Tool, Stephen King, and even the captivating killers of our society. To find a resemblance in these personalities would seem odd until you see them side by side. The total shocker comes when there is a hint of say Moe’s expressive eye, a bit of Abe’s chin and mouth, and a smidgeon of Michael Myers face mask and there is still the ‘Moe’ in there.
Larry was always kind of the tertiary stooge, regardless of Curly Joe and Shemp’s time on screen. His moppy doo and big nose made a nice pairing with Stephen King’s IT. Rick James bedroom eyes, little stache, and later to be saggy expression seemed like the perfect tertiary for this mashup.
Curly…aaaaah my favorite Curly. John Wayne Gacy who dressed up as a clown for the local townspeople and turned torso’s into lamp shades fit perfectly into the gone mad side of this piece. Just to push the extremity of the craziness I had to add that lolligag lazy-like eye, which reminded me of the TOOL cover Aenima.
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