This will take a bit of set-up.<\/p>\n
A while back, for SOME reason, I admitted over on Emily and Ken’s blog <\/a>that when I was a child, and I watched Willy Wonka<\/i>, the Oompa Loompas gave me a very weird feeling. I think the words I used on Emily’s blog were “disturbingly sexual.” Please note that I did not say that I found Oompa Loompas “pleasingly sexual” – but that there was something DISTURBING about them, something … ikky, if you will … and they made me feel a bit weird. Like – God help me if I run into a bunch of Oompa Loompas in a dark alley.<\/p>\n Needless to say, Emily has never let me forgotten my shameful confession on her blog. I figure I deserve all the ribbing I get, because what the hell was I doing admitting such a weird thing on SOMEONE ELSE’S BLOG in the first place?<\/p>\n Long embarrassing story longer and more embarrassing:<\/p>\n The other day, during the “plushie” mania <\/a>going on on It Comes in Pints …<\/p>\n Well, suffice it to say, that Oompa Loompas came up again. There were a couple of suggestions about Photoshopping that old black and white photo of mine, and Ken, in about 5 seconds, did just that. Emily then wrote a commentary about the doctored photo, to be read like a blurb in a museum catalog.<\/p>\n High comedy ensued at my expense and I thought I would share it.<\/p>\n Click into the Extended Entry to see the photo, and to read Emily’s commentary:<\/p>\n On “Expressive Woman With Colorful Midgets”:<\/p>\n “Surrounding our subject are a number of colorful little people, commonly referred to as ‘Oompa Loompas’ and originally made popular by the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/i>, who form a symetrically pleasing pattern that frames the work’s center. The focus of the piece settles on a woman who appears to be either experiencing gross pain or immense pleasure, rendering her objective and mysterious. The viewer is left but to wonder of the task her companions have set themselves to, as they hover behind and appear to be cramming things up her ass.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This will take a bit of set-up. A while back, for SOME reason, I admitted over on Emily and Ken’s blog that when I was a child, and I watched Willy Wonka, the Oompa Loompas gave me a very weird … Continue reading