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Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

TIL - about Louis Wain and his portrayals of cats. Before Wain, cats in England were often thought of with contempt, but his work helped to show them as something to be liked, admired and even loved

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TIL - about Louis Wain and his portrayals of cats. Before Wain, cats in England were often thought of with contempt, but his work helped to show them as something to be liked, admired and even loved

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Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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    And then he went completely insane. Personally, I like the stuff he did while already clearly insane but not yet institutionalized.

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      kinda rad tbh

  • Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    • Aatube@kbin.social
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      So he turned the cats into south asian gods

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    Benedict Cumberbatch plays him in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. Really enjoyed it!

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      He’s great, as is Claire Foy.

      Was it just me or was it shot in a weird aspect ratio though?

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        I didn’t notice but It definitely had some disorienting vibes so maybe that was part of it

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    How the author of that article threw Aspergers in with schizophrenia and dementia as a possible cause for his decline into acid-tripping cats, I don’t even know. Aspergers is apparently very different from what I thought it was.

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