CONNECT
A. Favorite lines.
“Tis true my form is something odd,
But blaming me is blaming God.
Could I create myself anew,
I would not fail in pleasing you.
If I could reach from pole to pole,
Or grasp the ocean with a span,
I would be measured by the soul,
The mind’s the standard of the man.”
B. Inspiration to:
C. Direct reference:
D. Portrayed by:
E. The symbol of discrimination.
Cracked by: Chitananda, Sijut Mehta, Chinmay Sharma, Sabari, Ameen and usual contenders Crybaby and Satwik.
A heartily welcome to Chinmay Sharma.
Ans: Joseph Merrick
a) This is a rhyme used in Merrick’s sideshow pamphlet, and which he is said to have often quoted.
b) MJ was inspired to record “Leave Me Alone” in reply to many false stories being published in the media one of which was him planning to buy the bones of Merrick
c) “The Elephant Man’s Alarm Clock” by Buckethead: a direct reference to Merrick.
d) John hurt: he portrayed Merrick in the 1980 Anthony Hopkins starrer “The Elephant Man” based on Merrick.
e) The cap and hood worn by Merrick in public to hide a congenital disorder known as Proteus syndrome.
connect: joseph merrick
a) This is a rhyme used in Merrick’s sideshow pamphlet, and which he is said to have often quoted.
b) MJ was inspired to record “Leave Me Alone” in reply to many false stories being published in the media one of which was him planning to buy the bones of merrick
c) “The Elephant Man’s Alarm Clock” by Buckethead: a direct reference to merrick.
d) john hurt: he portrayed merrick in the 1980 Anthony Hopkins starrer “The Elephant Man” based on merrick.
e) the cap and hood worn by merrick in public to hide a congenital disorder known as Proteus syndrome
easy one!!! the elephant man
pic one has connection with joseph merrick aka john merrick.
second pic is of the king of pop micheal jackson.then there are pics of john hurt .
the connect may be the elephant man of john merrick
Joseph Merrick (the elephant man..)
joseph merrick. the elephant man
the symbol of discrimination are the cap and hood worn by him.
john hurt played john merrick in david lynch’s movie “the elephant man”
the direct reference is “the elephant man’s alarm clock”, a buckethead album.
leave me alone was written by michael jackson in reply to rumours about him buying the elephant man’s bones
also the lines are from a poem by isaac watts.
The connect is Joseph Merrick,known as The Elephant Man.
A. He’s the author of the lines
B. Jackson included a dance sequence with an animated elephant man skeleton in the 1989 video for “Leave Me Alone”
C. He was known as The Elephant Man
D. John Hurt portrayed him in the movie The Elephant Man.
E. Joseph Merrick’s cap and hood.
Joseph Merrick aka Elephant Man