tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894661892560743332.post-48777779541235190362008-03-27T14:11:00.000-07:002008-03-27T14:11:00.000-07:00I like it, right up to the props in his hands. Why?<BR/>The statute of Andy Griffith in Raleigh, N.C., features him holding a fishing pole in the manner one holds a fishing pole. It is natural, it is truly a "snapshot in time."<BR/><BR/>When does a man hold a deputy's badge in one hand and bundle of pages in another? He's not preparing to pin the badge on and he clearly isn't ready to read the script -- it takes two hands to do that.<BR/><BR/>In composition, your Knotts has become a seated Ramses, with his scepters. Those trinkets are just not right.<BR/><BR/>The best part is the laugh -- there's your central symbol -- rich, bold, human and warm.<BR/><BR/>You've got the hat display, that gives the trajectory of his career.<BR/><BR/>Lose the handheld items. Make it Knotts sitting at the edge of the stage -- so personal as you have captured it -- SHARING a laugh with his audience. That is the biggest symbol of all.<BR/><BR/>No need to interrupt or obscure that with ephemera.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com