Sutton's caricature is revealed...
Sutton's caricature is revealed...
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#1Sutton's caricature is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 7:33pm
The long over-due caricature is done...
As happy as I am for her... am I the only one who thinks it doesn't really look like her?
Photo Coverage: Sutton Foster Joins Sardi's Wall Of Fame
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Updated On: 3/4/09 at 07:33 PM
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#2re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 7:36pm
"Sir, I finished the Kate Shindle portrait."
"You moron! It was supposed to be Sutton Foster!"
"Oops."
"Ah, whatever. We have to present it in five. It doesn't look that much different."
"Will do."
"Wait - why is her hair blue?"
"I ran out of black paint."
"Ugh. You're lucky all the good caricaturists are doin' the bar mitzvah circuit now."
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#2re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 7:37pmWho is their artist? The caricatures consistently don't resemble who they are supposed to! And the blue hair?
#3re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 7:39pmI am not fond of Sutton's Emo colored hair
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#4re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 7:40pm
I was actually afraid to open this thread.
At least whoever the drawing is she looks pretty.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#5re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 7:46pmThey sure got the one raised eyebrow right.
killertofu333
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/08
#6re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 7:56pmAt least this one is a bit closer to Sutton. Unlike Laura Bell which actually frightened me a bit when I first saw it.
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#7re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 7:58pm
Aside from being ****ily drawn, I don't think it's that bad.
What I mean to say is, it KIND OF looks like her. Unlike other recent additions to the wall.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#8re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 8:06pm
I love it! And all her imperfections, just meant to be characterized, like her right eye is higher than her left. Her hair is brown, but most people get to see her in a wig so who cares about the blue?
And her trademark signature (I have so many of them) with the Sutton above the Foster.
I'm glad she finally made it in, and can't wait to see it.
#9re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 8:12pm
I actually really like this one. It looks much more like her than the Dan Radcliffe and Clay Aiken ones, and it does include her eyebrow, the line of her cheeks, and the shape of her nose and teeth, but it still is flattering and doesn't make her look ridiculous!
Obviously, she looks more made-up in the picture than she usually does in real life, but she would have that much eye makeup on when she's onstage, so it looks more like the 'Sutton Foster' that someone might recognize from after seeing her in a show.
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#10re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 8:13pmAny artist off the street could make Sutton a REAL cariacture.
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#11re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 8:13pmI'm SORRY . . . it's just BAD!!!! A 2nd grader who was from Kannapolis, NC and never heard of Broadway could do a better job. I'm sure tourists that go into Sardi's and don't know the scoop will think that a local elemtary school was given color sheets to work on.
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#12re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 8:23pmthat really looks nothing like her...
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#13re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 8:37pmThe smile is completely wrong; her upper lip isn't that defined. That's what really throws off the picture.
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#14re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 9:36pmThat kind of reminds me of Jenna Leigh Green. I don't think it looks like Sutton, and I really don't like the blue hair.
#15re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 9:49pm
Taking the suggestions here, I tried to alter the picture to look MORE like Sutton.
I shrunk her lips and made them more subtle. I threw out that terrible blue in her hair & smooched the picture down to make the head resemble Suttons'.
Mine 
Original 
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Updated On: 3/4/09 at 09:49 PM
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#16re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 10:20pmI am happy for Sutton, it was long overdue, as someone who has no artistic talent whatsoever, I think it is blah. I think the blue hair is meant more to be a unique feature to the portrait. I say this because honestly as a fan of hers, I would probably never make the connection without now knowing what it looks like. But who cares what I thinks. I am excited for Sutton!
Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#17re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/4/09 at 10:25pm
As much as I hate the Sardis "caricatures," I feel the need to mention that many artists use blue as a way to show the shine of black hair.
Of course, Sutton does have brown hair, so yeah.
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defscott627
Understudy Joined: 10/21/05
#18re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/5/09 at 12:04amWith all the talent in NYC, you would think they could get a caricature artist that could actually make caricatures to resemble the star! Don't get me wrong, the artist can obviously draw well and and is talented, but it obviously takes some sort of extra skill to capture a person's persona in a cartoon-form, and this artist (along with the artist's who have drawn just about every caricature of Sardi's that I've seen), never seem to do that. It's been a while since I've been to Disney World, so maybe I was just more impressed when I was younger, but the artists always seemed to do an amazing job with caricatures (especially considering they have to do it in front of the person and are on a time-limit!)
#19re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/6/09 at 1:28amI'm not loving the drawing, but it's about damn time she got one! :)
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#20re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/6/09 at 6:16am
I just find the drawing lately to be so generic.
Isn't a caricature suppose to exaggerate a feature? They just look like cartoon drawings.
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kelzama
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/04
#21re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/6/09 at 10:00amOK, so it's a caricature, but the off-center eyes (both in the level of the eye sockets and the mismatched focus of the pupils) make it look amateurish.
#22re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/6/09 at 10:11amI think it looks fine, and what an honor for Sutton to receive one.
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Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#23re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/6/09 at 12:49pmTo me, the only thing that looks like her in that drawing is her eyebrows.
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#24re: Sutton's cariacture is revealed...
Posted: 3/6/09 at 1:07pm
It would look a lot more like her if you could only see her top row of teeth. When she smiles, you can't see her bottom teeth (obvious from the first picture posted).
TimesSquare- yours is much better, maybe you could do another to alter the teeth? :)
