Frankly Speaking
Yeah, I like Uncle Sam, but I LOVE the symbol used by the French cartoonists of Marianne based, in part, on the Delecroix painting below , “Liberty Leading the Parade”.
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Marianne was brought to life recently by a cute-as-a-bug French fille protesting a proposed labor law. The law was scrapped. Duh! Pics for the edification of Arf Lovers below…
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(BTW, links to these protest photos were found on one of my fave blogs boingoing.net)
French mayors recently voted that super model Laetitia Casta should be the official representation of Marianne. But then she posed in the nude and had the gaul (pun intended) to move from France causing a scandal. She, really does nothing for me so che sará sará, whatever will be will be.
Letitia Casta
Catherine Deneuve was the official Marianne before Laetitia Casta. Again, she doesn’t float my boat, though I guess I wouldn’t kick her out of bed as I would Laetitia. Susan Sarandon didn’t a couple of years ago in a movie called Hunger.
Now before Laetitia and before Catherine, France had deemed Bridget Bardot as the official representation of Marianne. Why they would ever drop B. B. I absolutely don’t have a clue. Bring the sex kitten back, that’s a cause that should be rallied for! Maybe our little French protestor should hit the streets again !
— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)
