The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Thursday, December 04, 2003  

AN UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE
One Might Even Say Separated at Birth

Oh, okay, now I get it. He’s been going for her whole “Mildred Pierce”-era look all along. How could I have missed that?


Michael Jackson


Joan Crawford

My dog, officially named Chadwin VII’s Mildred Pierce, is so ashamed.

[Thanks to L.T.]

[Post-publication addendum (December 5): Julia of Sisyphus Shrugged nails this one, referring to this eerie pairing as an example not of “separated at birth” but of the less common though far more disturbing phenomenon known as “separated at surgery.”]

[Post-publication addendum (December 5): No, not “Blue’s Clues,” Blues News. I don’t know exactly what Blues News is. To be honest, I hadn’t heard of the site before today. But, gee whiz, thanks for the link and all the traffic! Being “Blues News’ed” is, if you can believe it, even better than being “Atrios’ed.”]

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