Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
- opening lines of 'Solitude' by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Gene Kelly stars as a struggling American artist in Vincente Minnelli's (1951) 'An American in Paris'.
... President Trump announced that he will be withdrawing the United States of America from their commitments on climate change reduction made last year as part of the Paris Climate Accord.
He spoke of his concerns about laughter :
"At what point does America get demeaned? At what point do they start laughing at us as a country? We want fair treatment for its citizens, and we want fair treatment for our taxpayers. We don’t want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore. And they won’t be. They won’t be.
I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris..."
I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris..."
Everything is on the table : Gene Kelly behind the scenes on
the set of 'An American in Paris'.
Bringing the Global Community to the Table
Paris 2015 UN Climate Change Conference
( see video here )
President Obama signed the Paris Climate Accord.
But then, the leading actor changed...
"At what point does America get demeaned? At what point do they start laughing at us as a country? We want fair treatment for its citizens, and we want fair treatment for our taxpayers. We don’t want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore. And they won’t be. They won’t be.
I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris..."
"At what point does America get demeaned? At what point do they start laughing at us as a country? We want fair treatment for its citizens, and we want fair treatment for our taxpayers. We don’t want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore. And they won’t be. They won’t be.
I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris..."
Trump's announcement reaches the Editor at bLOGOS/HA HA :
"At what point does America get demeaned? At what point do they start laughing at us as a country? We want fair treatment for its citizens, and we want fair treatment for our taxpayers. We don’t want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore. And they won’t be. They won’t be.
I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris..."
I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris..."
Trump's announcement reaches the Editor at bLOGOS/HA HA :
"At what point does America get demeaned? At what point do they start laughing at us as a country? We want fair treatment for its citizens, and we want fair treatment for our taxpayers. We don’t want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore. And they won’t be. They won’t be.
I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris..."
Theatre of the actors of Regard
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA