the secret of MARTIN GUERRE's Logo

[musicalkid]

the secret of MARTIN GUERRE's Logo#0

Posted: 3/2/06 at 3:57pm

There was a post here lately that said that someone just realised the meaning of MISS SAIGON's logo...
it was weird to me- since i knew all the "hidden" elements from before...

but i thought i might share the "hidden" elements of the 1999 martin guerre logo, which for me took a long while to find out...

ever wondered what' sthat firey-thingy in the middle? the R of "Martin" is formed from this fire-thingy (sorta like a sword perhaps), right? ... well, this long fire thing is actually the shape of the margin between two male faces... (rather like those pictures of wine-glasses formed between two opposite faces)...

(i hope it wasn't obvious to all of you and i turned out a jerk)

it's very visible inside the CD booklet in the CAST LISTING page- where there's no writing to mess things up...

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Updated On: 3/2/06 at 03:57 PM

[EponineThenardier]

re: the secret of MARTIN GUERRE's Logo#1

Posted: 3/2/06 at 4:28pm

Wow, I kind of see what you mean. I never noticed that before! Cool.

[jasonf]

re: the secret of MARTIN GUERRE's Logo#2

Posted: 3/2/06 at 6:49pm

NEVER noticed that before! Very cool!

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[CATSNYrevival]

re: the secret of MARTIN GUERRE's Logo#3

Posted: 3/2/06 at 7:02pm

that's funny. when I bought the CD the first thing I noticed was the faces... but I always thought they were of a male and female about to kiss. I suppose it could also be Martin and Arnaud since there's no distinguishing female features on either of the faces...

[musicalkid]

re: the secret of MARTIN GUERRE's Logo#4

Posted: 3/2/06 at 8:13pm

actually, i think both faces are pretty masculine...

even before i new the "meaning" of this logo i like it better that the original 1996 production logo... it's cleaner and neater. no crayon-look. though the 1996 logo also grew on me...

more like schonberg & boublil & mackintosh musical to me.

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[Kitzarina]

re: the secret of MARTIN GUERRE's Logo#5

Posted: 3/2/06 at 8:14pm

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[sanda]

re: the secret of MARTIN GUERRE's Logo#6

Posted: 3/2/06 at 9:06pm

No, I have never found that out until you point it out.

Cool.

[EponineThenardier]

re: the secret of MARTIN GUERRE's Logo#7

Posted: 3/2/06 at 9:36pm

Both faces look very similar. it's probabaly based on the idea that Martin was really two people in the show; there was the real Martin and then Arnaund, who the villagers thought was Martin.

[Eastwickian]

re: the secret of MARTIN GUERRE's Logo#8

Posted: 3/3/06 at 4:57am

You do know that fire/sword thing is also supposed to be part of a cross? We kind of discussed all this on the Miss Saigon thread...

[Mother's Younger Brother]

re: the secret of MARTIN GUERRE's Logo#9

Posted: 3/3/06 at 10:52am

Yeah, I always saw the fire as the shape of a cross too.