(NOTE: I started this sometime ago and didn't finish it until now) So, as I mentioned in the dream post, I went to see the Edward Hopper exhibit with my now former boss DS . As we were walking in, I asked, "Do you like Hopper." And she said, "I don't know his work." I think I gaped at her--how do you grow up in America, esp. being her age (65) and not know the works of Edward Hopper? I said, "I think you'll recognize the paintings once you see them. When we approached Nighthawks, arguably Hopper's most famous work, I said, "You have to have seen this--or at least a parody." "Nope," she said. Now, Nighthawks has been reproduced so many times that I'm a little sick of it. There's the one with James Dean and Marilyn: And doing a quick search, CSI , the Simpsons and Inuyasha and Edward Elric . Also, I'm told, one with characters from Cowboy BeBop , and many others I didn't copy. In addition, many others of Hoppe...
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