Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Stage Door Sally
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
#1Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 8:35am
Christopher Walken and Constantine Maroulis recently had their "caricatures" done by someone for Sardi's.
The drawings completely lack soul, exaggeration, or humor.Whoever is making them is clearly not from the Alex Gard or Al Hirschfeld mold.
So I was wondering, are they even meant to be caricatures or are they just supposed to be paintings?
#2Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 8:42amI did not like Constantine's at all.
"it's a dirty little war"
hannah_bway
Understudy Joined: 2/22/10
#2Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 9:18am
If they're supposed to be paintings, then they don't really look like the people that they're supposed to be, most of the time, either - two off the top of my head are Alice Ripley's (I would never have even guessed it was her) and Gavin Creel's (though I might have been able to guess his, I still remember thinking that doesn't look like him.) Christopher Walken's recent one looks somewhat like him, but when did he get flowing blonde hair?
I think they used to look a lot more like the people, and they should either make them true caricatures or make them look more realistic.
Updated On: 4/8/10 at 09:18 AM
#3Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 9:23amcharicatures are not supposed to look like them so much, but recongnizable. i agree if they were paintings, fine. but these "charicatures" are not very good
"it's a dirty little war"
#4Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 9:38am
You're so right, Sally. I've been noticing how their caricatures don't evoke the personae of the actors at all, and of course, don't even resemble them.
Surely there must be a plethora of artists around who can do better. there must be some nepotism or something going on!
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Updated On: 4/8/10 at 09:38 AM
Chris3
Chorus Member Joined: 10/8/08
#5Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 10:35amAgreed. The artists I see on the street draw better!
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#6Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 11:33amI've said this before, but Sardi's caricatures remind me of when your friends ask you draw them and you purposefully exclude their flaws so you won't offend them.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#7Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 11:38amI've never cared for the caricatures at Sardi's, particularly the ones from the past 5 or 6 years. I don't expect Mad Magazine (Jack Davis/Mort Drucker) quality, but come on...
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Stage Door Sally
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
#8Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 12:24pm
The Tony Di Napoli portrait of Constantine is much better than the Sardi's one, Tony's at least looks like him.
So bad Sardi's, so bad. I will continue to pass you by when I am in town.
#9Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 12:40pm
They're terrible recently! My favorite was Alice Ripley's.
I mean REALLY?
Pianist3912
Leading Actor Joined: 7/12/07
#10Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 12:43pmI was just about to mention Alice's. What IS that?
#11Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 12:46pmThat is a typical 5th grade drawing. Now I'm convinced - Mr. Sardi's brother's niece is doing the caricatures.
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#12Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 12:50pmMaybe they've decided they don't want to hurt any feelings with their caricatures? Yeah, but they're absolutely horrendous. I don't think they qualify as caricatures. When the recognizable features on a performer's face are more exaggerated in real life than in the drawing, it probably can't be called a caricature.
#13Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 1:01pm
Maybe they've decided they don't want to hurt any feelings with their caricatures?
I really hope that's not the case (for a multitude of reasons).
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#14Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 1:05pmWell, if that "artist" made one of me along those lines, I'd be offended, LOL!
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Cape Twirl of Doom
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#15Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 1:35pm
I agree, they've just been awful lately. Think of the caricature potential they had for Brian D'Arcy James, and this is the best they could do!? The eyebrows are smaller in the drawing than they are in real life!
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#16Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 1:36pm
They're just not caricatures. These people are theatre professionals, I'm sure they're thick-skinned and self-aware enough to go "why yes, I DO have a massive nose!" while simultaneously recognising "holy crap, I'm on the wall at Sardi's!".
They should hire Felix, his caricatures fill me with squee and glee.
Stage Door Sally
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
#17Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 2:27pm
It's like every bit of their faces have been airbrushed and botoxed.
#18Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 2:57pmWhy are those heavy contour lines the things that stand out the most? feh.
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#19Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 3:05pm
This is one of the many reasons I will not eat at Sardi's. Never have, never will. I don't wanna be surrounded by pictures kids in pre-school could do. And the pictures scare me.
Tony Di Napoli's definitely have the best paintings for Broadway actors/actresses. They actually look like them.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#20Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 3:12pmI know the main artist now lives in Fort Worth and just does things based on photographs...
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#21Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 3:16pm
This is one of the many reasons I will not eat at Sardi's. Never have, never will. I don't wanna be surrounded by pictures kids in pre-school could do. And the pictures scare me.
I ate there once two years ago, after my dad insisted. It was actually fairly easy to ignore the "art." The mediocre food, however...
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
Stage Door Sally
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
#22Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 3:39pm
HC, they look they are being done from photographs with no knowledge of who these people are.
What a friggin' waste of everyone's time.
Do them right or don't do them at all.
#23Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 5:25pmTHAT is supposed to be Will Swenson? Holy sweet baby Jesus. Okay.
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Stage Door Sally
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
#24Sardi's caricatures are soulless
Posted: 4/8/10 at 6:44pm
...can't upload Constantine's for some reason...
Updated On: 4/8/10 at 06:44 PM
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