I think this was Sam Mendes’ first idea for the Mena Suvari fantasy sequence in _American Beauty_.
Vance Maverick:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:24 am
The things models have to put up with. Posing naked with a snake, caged like wild animals, or buried in potatoes. At least she’s showing enough (a spark of subversion?) to make it clear she’s not actually naked under there.
red_cted:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:40 am
Those actually are some incredible spuds. Just sayin’.
Plus, she looks nicely Native American, which would be an interesting choice for Idaho circa 1935.
Joey Maloney:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:59 am
“You told me that if I put a potato in my swim trunks it would impress the girls, but it didn’t work.”
“You’re supposed to put the potato in front, idiot!”
Too bad we can’t get a drum roll when somebody makes these kind of jokes on the internet.
john:
January 22nd, 2013 at 6:46 am
“she looks nicely Native American”
Really? Not any Native American I’v ever seen.
LeeEsq:
January 22nd, 2013 at 6:46 am
I thought that she looks kind of Native American to but there are some European features as well. Maybe one parent was Native American and the other one cracker.
rea:
January 22nd, 2013 at 7:19 am
Her own private Idaho …
Lurker:
January 22nd, 2013 at 7:56 am
Yes, especially because the pre-WWII beauty contests usually had a very clearly expressed social agenda. They were often touted as semi-scientific events whereby the racial ideal of womankind could be found. Miss Idaho Potato, whom I personally find very beautiful, is clearly not the type that would be characterised as the “ideal” of the American (White, Protestant, Anglo-Saxon) woman of the time.
As Vance above, I also find the piece of cloth visible very intriguing. Why? Is that a photographer’s mistake or is it intentional? Is it subversion or a signal to the religious folks that this woman is not naked? Is it to protect the model from scorn?
Looks more Asian to me. Used to be lots of Chinese and some Japanese up here in the norther Rockies.
Halloween Jack:
January 22nd, 2013 at 10:07 am
So Hitler shows up at the masquerade ball wearing nothing but a hollowed-out spud as a codpiece. Nobody dares to ask him about it until Goering has had enough booze and morphine to not care about the repercussions, and has to know what the Fuehrer is supposed to be. “Why, a dick-tater, of course!”
Ah, to be in the fifth grade again.
Halloween Jack:
January 22nd, 2013 at 10:07 am
Rule 34, oldskool stylee.
Keaaukane:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:07 pm
With those pointed ears, she clearly has some Elf blood in her.
Guy:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:33 pm
Cracker? Really? That’s a pretty racist word.
Malaclypse:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:39 pm
I still remember when Mrs Mal persuaded me that I needed to accompany her to a con, and discovering that Elf ears and Vulcan ears are different things.
Njorl:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:00 pm
She looks like “Kaylee” from Firefly (Jewel Staite).
Dano:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:11 pm
Retronaut is in myh RSS feed, love that site.
Best,
D
The Dark Avenger:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:33 pm
Yeah, Doc, I’m getting an Eurasian vibe, she looks like she could be a sister of my mother, who had a similar nose and high cheekbones.
The first story in this pdf link is very interesting.
Michelle Rhee:
January 22nd, 2013 at 2:34 pm
I’d guess Basque. Lot’s of Basque in northern Nevada and Southern Idaho
Dave:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:12 pm
Jings, about the only thing you can tell about her from that pic is that she’s neither blonde nor Black; and if it’s as underexposed as it might be, she could still be blonde. She could even be Black, and passing. But you can’t tell from a photo.
Fascinating to see how close to the surface the urge for racial categorisation can be.
Ricky Wilson:
January 22nd, 2013 at 6:23 pm
that’s no fifth grade joke where I grew up — ours was
What do you get when you mix Hitler with a potato — a dick-tater
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Barry Freed:
January 21st, 2013 at 11:34 pm
Mmmm…Tubers.
Laughing Loafer:
January 21st, 2013 at 11:52 pm
I’d mash that.
trollhattan:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:24 am
Once you get that crown, it’s all gravy from then on. Do the krazy kidz still do mashups?
Random Atlantic commenter:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:26 am
Au Gratin ?
DocAmazing:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:34 am
David Lynch directing Jenna Jameson.
LosGatosCA:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:35 am
Potatoes is People!
LosGatosCA:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:36 am
Forgot link
wjts:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:48 am
Nah, man, that’s just Matthew Barney being Matthew Fucking Barney.
FlipYrWhig:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:56 am
I think this was Sam Mendes’ first idea for the Mena Suvari fantasy sequence in _American Beauty_.
Vance Maverick:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:24 am
The things models have to put up with. Posing naked with a snake, caged like wild animals, or buried in potatoes. At least she’s showing enough (a spark of subversion?) to make it clear she’s not actually naked under there.
red_cted:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:40 am
Those actually are some incredible spuds. Just sayin’.
Plus, she looks nicely Native American, which would be an interesting choice for Idaho circa 1935.
Joey Maloney:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:59 am
“You told me that if I put a potato in my swim trunks it would impress the girls, but it didn’t work.”
“You’re supposed to put the potato in front, idiot!”
Big Bad Bald Bastard:
January 22nd, 2013 at 4:21 am
Tuber? I never even met her!
LeeEsq:
January 22nd, 2013 at 6:44 am
Too bad we can’t get a drum roll when somebody makes these kind of jokes on the internet.
john:
January 22nd, 2013 at 6:46 am
“she looks nicely Native American”
Really? Not any Native American I’v ever seen.
LeeEsq:
January 22nd, 2013 at 6:46 am
I thought that she looks kind of Native American to but there are some European features as well. Maybe one parent was Native American and the other one cracker.
rea:
January 22nd, 2013 at 7:19 am
Her own private Idaho …
Lurker:
January 22nd, 2013 at 7:56 am
Yes, especially because the pre-WWII beauty contests usually had a very clearly expressed social agenda. They were often touted as semi-scientific events whereby the racial ideal of womankind could be found. Miss Idaho Potato, whom I personally find very beautiful, is clearly not the type that would be characterised as the “ideal” of the American (White, Protestant, Anglo-Saxon) woman of the time.
As Vance above, I also find the piece of cloth visible very intriguing. Why? Is that a photographer’s mistake or is it intentional? Is it subversion or a signal to the religious folks that this woman is not naked? Is it to protect the model from scorn?
John:
January 22nd, 2013 at 8:13 am
A rim shot, surely, is what is needed?
bobbyp:
January 22nd, 2013 at 8:36 am
She looks more like a Harvard or Princeton gal.
LeeEsq:
January 22nd, 2013 at 9:07 am
Its the Native American equivalent of a cod piece.
MR Bill:
January 22nd, 2013 at 9:21 am
Freud might say: “Sometimes a potato is just a spud…”
Snarki, child of Loki:
January 22nd, 2013 at 9:22 am
If the lady is still alive, she’d be in her late 90′s now, and I bet she’d really appreciate the complements that she’s getting today.
actor212:
January 22nd, 2013 at 9:33 am
She’s got a nice grip on that
studspud.DrDick:
January 22nd, 2013 at 9:41 am
Looks more Asian to me. Used to be lots of Chinese and some Japanese up here in the norther Rockies.
Halloween Jack:
January 22nd, 2013 at 10:07 am
So Hitler shows up at the masquerade ball wearing nothing but a hollowed-out spud as a codpiece. Nobody dares to ask him about it until Goering has had enough booze and morphine to not care about the repercussions, and has to know what the Fuehrer is supposed to be. “Why, a dick-tater, of course!”
Ah, to be in the fifth grade again.
Halloween Jack:
January 22nd, 2013 at 10:07 am
Rule 34, oldskool stylee.
Keaaukane:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:07 pm
With those pointed ears, she clearly has some Elf blood in her.
Guy:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:33 pm
Cracker? Really? That’s a pretty racist word.
Malaclypse:
January 22nd, 2013 at 12:39 pm
I still remember when Mrs Mal persuaded me that I needed to accompany her to a con, and discovering that Elf ears and Vulcan ears are different things.
Njorl:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:00 pm
She looks like “Kaylee” from Firefly (Jewel Staite).
Dano:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:11 pm
Retronaut is in myh RSS feed, love that site.
Best,
D
The Dark Avenger:
January 22nd, 2013 at 1:33 pm
Yeah, Doc, I’m getting an Eurasian vibe, she looks like she could be a sister of my mother, who had a similar nose and high cheekbones.
The first story in this pdf link is very interesting.
Michelle Rhee:
January 22nd, 2013 at 2:34 pm
I’d guess Basque. Lot’s of Basque in northern Nevada and Southern Idaho
Dave:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:12 pm
Jings, about the only thing you can tell about her from that pic is that she’s neither blonde nor Black; and if it’s as underexposed as it might be, she could still be blonde. She could even be Black, and passing. But you can’t tell from a photo.
Fascinating to see how close to the surface the urge for racial categorisation can be.
Ricky Wilson:
January 22nd, 2013 at 6:23 pm
that’s no fifth grade joke where I grew up — ours was
What do you get when you mix Hitler with a potato — a dick-tater
Chunklets:
January 22nd, 2013 at 11:57 pm
Does anyone know who she actually is (or was)?
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