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Friday, September 15, 2023

Equus


Mr. Scumbeast was unusually succinct in desribing this photo simply as "Equus."

 

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  1. Great light/dark contrast. And posterior, too.

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  2. I think Mr S was probably making an allusion to the 1973 play Equus by Peter Shaffer which was based on a true story of a psychiatrist who treated a youth in Suffolk who had a religious mania about horses and had blinded six of the beasts. It was later adapted for the cinema, staring Richard Burton and Peter Firth as psychiatrist and youth. It is a very disturbing piece of drama and has scenes very reminiscent of the photograph above.

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    1. I knew about the play/movie, but you put it into a context that explains Mr. S's use of the title. Thanks!

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