Seen in Print

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Me? Me? Are you clappin' to me!
Why, yes you are.

[Mitch]

I guess my question would be if they were done like that from the getgo, or were they rather handsome murals defaced by some marauding spray can vandal? But then again, along the tracks, maybe the original mural were the result of vandalism.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I guess my question would be if they were done like that from the getgo, or were they rather handsome murals defaced by some marauding spray can vandal? But then again, along the tracks, maybe the original mural were the result of vandalism.

Almost certainly not vandalism...

[Roy]

I can see someone wanting to make great thinkers and artists interesting to younger people. But, why choose thirty-five year old, rapaciously commercial comic book characters? Do kids today know anything at all about this ninja turtle horseshit, and do any responsible adults want them to?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Remarkable. And bold.
Good for you, Roy.

[Mitch]

As in: Now, now kiddies, they are just different from us. Their faces look different and they have a shell on their backs. They are called Mutants, and they live in a sewer. Please don't hold that against them. They're heroes.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Pretty good, Mitch. You rock, too.
Murph

[NJPiney]

I guess you can find a nice lesson in the silliest of entertainment. You can also find good in all people. I'm sure Hitler was nice to his German Shepard. But I tend to look at the bigger picture. I used to argue with my nutty sister-in-law about the value of the Pokemon craze 20 years ago, and its effect on our respective kids. She claimed it was all about teamwork and working together to achieve a goal. My read on the whole thing was that the cartoon's motto "gotta catch 'em all" was in reality "gotta buy 'em all". Never underestimate the power of marketing. The train manufacturers certainly use it on our band of merry men.

[Roy]

I wonder if the trademark owners have trademarked " Fifty-something Mutant Ninja Turtles"?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[webenda]

I wonder what the point of them is.

Look up "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

No thanks .

Murph,

Four of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles bear the names of the four most important Renaissance Artists, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello. Their mask color helps to identify them.
Michaelangelo (Mickey), wears an orange mask
Leonardo (Leo), wears a blue mask.
Raphael (Raph), wears a red mask
Donatello (Donnie), wears a purple mask

Now, in case you did not recognize the portraits of the real artists, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, you now know what they looked like by associating the colors with them.

The art on the wall is a teaching tool for kids. They gain an interest in learning about the greatest of all the artists when they associate with something they already know, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[robert.]

I find it to be classic humor. Nicely done in the forum of mural

[webenda]

I find it to be classic humor. Nicely done in the forum of mural

That too, Robert, that too. Like most art, it has multiple meanings. What we see is based on our entire life experience.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Excellent explanation and rationale, Wayne. I understand, now, and certainly can appreciate its value in those terms. Thanks, once again!
Murph

[Roy]

I'm getting orange and purple confused. If one wasn't wearing a hat, I'd be seriously bamboozled. Thankfully, they're all just worthless green injection-molded plastic shit.