Sardi's Caricatures

#1

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 8:51am

After viewing some of the most recent Sardi's Caricatures, especially Neil Patrick Harris, is it me, or are they not very good? Whenever I see an artist doing caricatures on the street, I tend to notice what they have drawn vs their model. Most, if not all have a very good likeness. I had one done several years ago, at Universal Studios Hollywood, which is extremely good. I just don't see the same likeness with the "professional".

Updated On: 8/16/14 at 08:51 AM

#2

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 9:00am

I was literally JUST saying the same thing to my sister when I saw this pop up--ha! Yeah, some of the newer ones don't really look like caricatures to me, just sort of cartoony, not particularly attractive portraits. Caricatures would typically accentuate one or more of the subject's features, which many older Sardi's caricatures do....

Updated On: 8/16/14 at 09:00 AM

#3

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 10:02am

I thought it was very nice how everyone pretended like NPH was given a caricature of him rather than some stranger.

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#4

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 2:21pm

The old charicatures by Alex Guard and Don Bevan are wonderful at capturing the distinct personalities of the subjects. The more recent ones by Richard Baratz, not so much.

#5

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 2:59pm

The Bevan ones are the best. It's immediately evident who the person was just looking at it, whereas with the more recent ones it's only a vague resemblance (and not even caricatured).

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#6

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 3:20pm

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#7

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 3:41pm

^Ones of the craziest is Paul Rudd's. I NEVER would have known it was a portrait of Paul Rudd without seeing him next to it.

I was just having a conversation about this last night. The recent ones have all been so dreadful! I'm genuinely shocked that nobody has complained to them, and that they themselves haven't noticed the dreadful quality of the work. I feel genuinely bad for all the actors who have to stand in front of photographers pretend like their portrait is good.

Updated On: 8/16/14 at 03:41 PM

#8

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 4:34pm

Boy, that doesn't look anything like Paul Rudd. Followspot, is that Cyndi Lauper? If it is, her's is even worse.

#9

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 4:35pm

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"Tracy... Hold Mama's waffles."

Updated On: 11/13/14 at 04:35 PM

#10

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 7:13pm

The current artist is seems to think that everybody's noses are smaller than they are. Maybe it's a stylistic choice? If so, it's a bad one.

#11

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 8:41pm

This has actually been discussed a lot here. A lot of people (myself included) don't think that the artist is very good.

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#12

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 10:21pm

Cyndi Lauper's looks like Bernadette Peters from Annie!

#13

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 10:36pm

Caricatures---certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to creat a comic or grotesque effect.
Where is that with NPH or other recent ones ? Take the real person away from next to the pic.and you would have no idea who it is supposed to be.
Shame Sardi's.

#14

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/16/14 at 11:15pm

Don't get me started! If I was Norm, I'd say, "Don't put that up!" THEY SUCK! The guy doing the space art on 47th street could do better.

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#15

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/17/14 at 3:14am

I guess no one told them that Norm Lewis is black!

#16

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/17/14 at 8:29am

gleek4114, you beat me to it. I was going to ask why Cyndi Lauper is holding a picture of Bernadette Peters.

#17

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/17/14 at 9:21am

For the same reason that Norm Lewis is holding a picture of Elliot Gould.

#18

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/17/14 at 9:43am

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#19

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 8/17/14 at 10:40am

I thought Cyndi Lauper was holding up a portrait of Hedwig.

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#20

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 11/13/14 at 11:15pm

????

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#21

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 11/13/14 at 11:19pm

WOW that's a lousy likeness.

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#22

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 11/14/14 at 12:57am

I don't have a photo at the ready, but I remember thinking that Hugh Jackman's so-called likeness at Sardi's resembled "90201" star Luke Perry more than HJ.

#23

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 11/14/14 at 5:55am

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#24

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 1/21/15 at 10:08am

That caricature of Sting is terrible.

#25

Sardi's Caricatures

Posted: 1/21/15 at 10:19am

Of course it is. All of the recent caricatures have been disgracefully bad.