The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
#1The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 4:52pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadways_RAGTIME_Launches_Website_Poster_Art_Revealed_20090826
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winston89
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#2re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 4:55pmWhy do I feel like this is the kind of art that would be used for a company like MTI who are producing it for schools etc rather then art that should be used for a Broadway production?
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millie_dillmount
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#2re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 4:57pmI don't like it. It is way too busy with all the objects.
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#4re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:01pmI like it until all the stuff shoots out of Lady Liberty. Get rid of that crud and it'd work.
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#5re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:02pmwinston, I agree. It seems very generic and non-specific in its vision for a Broadway production. Oh well. A major improvement, still.
#6re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:04pmIt looks like it should be the poster for this year's BC/EFA Flea Market. Ah, well.
#7re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:04pmAm I the only one who finds it completely stunning? Can't wait!
AwesomeDanny
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/09
#8re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:07pmIt looks like the cover of one of those social studies books made for second graders to use for research for their "reports" that are a couple sentences. It reminds me of teachers I hated.
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JP2
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#10re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:21pmAs an illustrator.. I like it a lot.
Jon
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#11re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:22pmIt reminds me of a 1970's history textbook cover.
#12re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:23pmI really, really like it.
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nmartin
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#13re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:23pmJon, we're thinking along the same lines. I was going to say that it looks like 70s pop art.
#14re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:24pmi love it too.
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#15re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:25pmI think it's great...
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#16re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:27pm
I like it until all the stuff shoots out of Lady Liberty. Get rid of that crud and it'd work.
- Agreed, lol.
#17re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:27pmit's nice. I don't think the two elements go together, though. The type totally clashes with everything up top that's in shades of brown.
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#18re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:28pm
It's slightly comfusing. I think I understand it. There's the whole "their time" and "our time" thing, and then some of the objects are mixed up on the other side with sneakers and headphones connected to what appears to be an mp3 player in "their time" and then "our time" has mostly objects of "their time". I think I get it, but it's very chaotic. I guess "their time" could also mean "our time" as if the characters in the show are calling it "theirs" meaning "ours". Is that too much?
Updated On: 8/26/09 at 05:28 PM
#19re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:30pmLove it.
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#21re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 5:53pmAs a designer, I do like how this poster looks. Not having seen the Washington production, I don't know how it relates to the specific Broadway production. I also like how they changed the colors of the main logo from rainbow to red & blue.
#22re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 6:06pmAll you have to do is have seen any production of Ragtime, read the book, or listened to the recording to get every reference on that poster. I don't think it's specific to the production. It's specific to the text.
#23re: The ACTUAL Ragtime poster art...
Posted: 8/26/09 at 6:09pmI don't like that font. It looks like those pictures you made when you were three, by dipping sponges cut into shapes into paint and then pressing them to paper.
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