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LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
Wed Jun 11 14:26:34 CDT 1997


Harrison comments:
"I am an unrepentant Red Cappian all the way. The shot _feels_ right, and
a feature-by-feature comparison (jawline, ear placement, nose shape,
full lower lip) with the three-quarter-angle yearbook shot I placed next
to the Red Cap pic at the site bears me out, I think."


There's also the question of camera setup.  Virtually all of the shots
in the piece (including the balding guy) are standard look-down-the-street
shots common in news pieces.  Red Cap, on the other hand, is different:
he is singled out, the camera tracking *him* and him only as he walks
along before disappearing behind the post.  That makes me think that a
camera crew went out to find him and taped him as he walked along.  How
else would they know enough to set up for the correct crowd scenes of 
the other shots?


But, then again, that may just be what They *want* you to think!!

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)



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