• @[email protected]
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          No, you’re thinking of Kristen Bell who is the “let it go” lady. Streisand is the one who famously lost out on Worst Actress to Kristen Stewart for her role in The Guilt Trip, in which she played the unbelievably original role of “obnoxious Jewish mother.”

          She also released at least one musical album back in the 1900s and appeared in a few movies.

          One such movie included Streisand portraying the daughter of a disappointed rabbi who also questions her father’s ability to hear her.

          • @[email protected]
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            Kristen Bell played Anna in Frozen, did not sing “Let it go”. That was by Elsa, played by Idina Menzel.

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            She also released at least one musical album back in the 1900s and appeared in a few movies.

            Damn, Streisand is looking good for a 182-year-old

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      And even those who saw it would have seen it in the context of a lot of other portraits in the same style, where it doesn’t stand out as anything personally directed at Rinehart.

    • @[email protected]
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      It doesn’t really matter. She’ll wield her power, get her way and then go on living her toxic existence feeling like she won even though, quantitatively, more people think she’s a cunt.

      But we can all tell ourselves this somehow makes a difference

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      Its really wierd to me that Streisand effect became the accepted name for this.

      For example the 1st child’s play is saw In the UK was 3. Purely because it was banned

      Attempt at clarification edit

      I had no interest in yhe child’s plat movie franchises until the 3rd movie because it was banned

      • @[email protected]
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        It’s a catchy name and it was among the first examples of the effect in the internet era that amplified the effect many fold. There is no reason for me to know about Streisand’s house and there is no reason for me to know about this painting. I have only know about them because the internet exists.

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          I have only know about them because the internet exists.

          It’s even better than that, even with the internet existing I’d have never interacted with these bits whatsoever if it weren’t for the person in question throwing a hissy fit and trying to get something deleted off the internet. If they just laughed it off and let it slide it would have gotten about 1% of the attention currently being brought to it. We only know about this painting because she was so offended by it that she decreed no one must know about it. We only know about Barbara Streisand’s house because she decreed no one must know about it.

      • @[email protected]
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        196 months ago

        Can you repeat or clarify that second sentence? I’m pretty sure there was a typo or mistyped word somewhere, and usually I wouldn’t mention it, but in this case I actually can’t interpret the meaning.

        • The Octonaut
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          The first movie in the Child’s Play movie franchise they saw was the third iteration, Child’s Play 3; they were motivated to see it because it was banned, an ironic backfire of the censorship decision.

          • @[email protected]
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            Thanks! Knowing the meaning now, it was the “I” to “is” typo that threw me off, since “saw” is also the type of movie to get banned.

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            Perfectly clear now, thanks. :)

            I got thrown because “is” came before “saw”, which is also a scary movie, and I just couldn’t disambiguate.

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        The first child’s play movie wasn’t saw, the UK definitely wasn’t 3 when you had seen it, and saw was never banned in the UK although Grotesque and several Chainsaw Massacre films were. /s

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          I haven’t seen a single saw. Just not interested.

          Childs play 3 was absolutely banned in the UK I’d rather not link the reasons why its pretty grotesque though

          That said I just learned the ban was lifted in 2002

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    if she weren’t rich, i’d feel bad for her. her status and authority, unfortunately, make her an acceptable target for nonviolent criticism, such as really ugly portraits.

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      her status and authority, unfortunately, make her an acceptable target

      Agreed, but It’s really more that she’s a complete arsehole. As a nimby mining magnate, she is a sponsor of organised climate denialism and vocal about it herself, a race she clearly has a horse in. She’s also an active libertarian who wants to further dismantle the welfare system, and reduce taxation, and wants Australian workers to be cool like Africans and work for $2 a day. And a vocal Trump supporter.

      It’s not the painting that makes her ugly, it’s her behaviour and ideology.

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        it’s her behavior and ideology that makes the painting accurate :3

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        It’s crazy to me how most if not all billionares cheerish exploiting poor wages and keeping poor people poorer while hoarding unimaginable wealth that’s enough for lifetime for generations of their family. That’s because billionares are mentally sick.

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        Yeah no famous artist has ever felt the need to pain me ugly. Hell the most artistic depiction of me is a charcoal drawing by a guy who didn’t know we’d gone out for hookah a few times a few years prior. But regardless artists are only depicting her poorly because of how poorly she behaves.

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      It’s not uglier than the other portraits in the set. Its really weird that she would object when she is sharing a wall with royalty.

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        Yeah, I was going to say I’m not Australian, so I’m not super familiar with her, but from what I do know of her, this portrait seems fitting.

  • @[email protected]
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    Rinehart has an estimated net worth of $30.2 billion USD, according to Forbes.

    Piece of shit.

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        Yeah, mining magnate basically means she’s rich cause her father’s company has raped the earth using labor they paid pennies for while those who actually did all the work are likely living in abject poverty.

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          “Magnate” even gives cuts her slack by making it sound like she did any of it. Heiress is the term that’s both polite and accurate.

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    She is basically the Koch brothers, but bigger, dumber, and more evil.

    The only reason why the Koch family is probably worse, is because their influence flows through the American state.

    All this is to say, it’s a good bet that after this story dies down, the gallery will quietly acquiesce and take down the painting. This will either be followed by a carrot, or a removal of whatever stick she used.

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    Man… You could just fucking own it and be far better off in every way. Just speaks to the crazy ego these people have.

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      I mean she could literally just own it and be done with it. She has 30B+. Just buy it and ruin it if you hate it so much, like Elon did with Xitter.

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    Maybe she could buy the painting? I’m sure the artist would be willing to part with it for a donation of a few billion to charitable causes.