Those little ones look like midgets not dwarfs. I know dwarfs like to be called little people, but, I don’t know if midgets do.
As for why the picture was taken, I have no idea. Perhaps the steam shovel in the background (matching the one the little girl has) is a clue. Also, note the pick-axe being held by the fellow on the left is almost as tall as he is.
Where would there be a big construction site with giants and midgets hanging around? Barnum & Bailey’s home grounds? When was that built?
It’s a metaphor for sweatshops, and also the evolution of workers’ rights.
Notice the girl is operating the heaviest machinery, which takes the most skill and bears the most responsibility. and the men are doing physical labor.
There is also a lot in the sequence of the midgets from left to right.
First one breaks up the rocks, the second one loads it into the wheelbarrow, lastly, the steam shovel loads it to somewhere off camera.
The two guys on the left are still disproportionally small compared to their tools (workplace environment), the guy with the wheelbarrow is even with the size of his tool (settle down, you know what I meant), and the girl is much larger by comparison to hers. The expressions on the men’s faces (L to R) go from sour, to casual, to pleasant, mirroring their places in the workplace evolution. The girl looks suspicious at the condescendingly kind male. He is offering to “help” her with his job, but what help is a wheelbarrow when she has a steam shovel? She knows she’s still accomplishing the biggest work.
Still, the workboss looms towering above them, one hand on the shovel that Hobbit #2 is holding. And they are all overshadowed by the massive real steam shovel in the background, with the berms of dirt keeping them trapped within this sphere of oppression, a reminder that none of us is larger than the workplace.
Also note that they created the berms of dirt that trap them, hence, they created their own situation.
That, or the one in the middle is the tall man’s ball polisher and the others are just waiting around for the show. I don’t know, I’m just guessing at the whole thing.
Its obviously a photo from the future that slipped through one of those worm-hole-thingies….. the picture is Woody Harrelson lording his career over the rest of the cast of Cheers.
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I drink your milkshake.
World’s tallest man overseeing several little people hoeing.
You’re welcome.
NBC’s fall debut: Little People on the Prairie.
The Man’s oppression of the Little Guy.
or alternately
Lil bros before hoes.
Farming for microgreens, baby carrots, baby corns, gherkinss, and extremely small honeydew. Because they’re midgets.
Those little ones look like midgets not dwarfs. I know dwarfs like to be called little people, but, I don’t know if midgets do.
As for why the picture was taken, I have no idea. Perhaps the steam shovel in the background (matching the one the little girl has) is a clue. Also, note the pick-axe being held by the fellow on the left is almost as tall as he is.
Where would there be a big construction site with giants and midgets hanging around? Barnum & Bailey’s home grounds? When was that built?
photo from a traveling circus promo showing a really tall man and some really short people.
Love the guy’s hair. Got to have that distinct “part” to be cool.
I can explain this one! =)
That seems to be still from a movie called
Even dwarfs started small.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even_Dwarfs_Started_Small
A very weird movie…
It’s a metaphor for sweatshops, and also the evolution of workers’ rights.
Notice the girl is operating the heaviest machinery, which takes the most skill and bears the most responsibility. and the men are doing physical labor.
There is also a lot in the sequence of the midgets from left to right.
First one breaks up the rocks, the second one loads it into the wheelbarrow, lastly, the steam shovel loads it to somewhere off camera.
The two guys on the left are still disproportionally small compared to their tools (workplace environment), the guy with the wheelbarrow is even with the size of his tool (settle down, you know what I meant), and the girl is much larger by comparison to hers. The expressions on the men’s faces (L to R) go from sour, to casual, to pleasant, mirroring their places in the workplace evolution. The girl looks suspicious at the condescendingly kind male. He is offering to “help” her with his job, but what help is a wheelbarrow when she has a steam shovel? She knows she’s still accomplishing the biggest work.
Still, the workboss looms towering above them, one hand on the shovel that Hobbit #2 is holding. And they are all overshadowed by the massive real steam shovel in the background, with the berms of dirt keeping them trapped within this sphere of oppression, a reminder that none of us is larger than the workplace.
Also note that they created the berms of dirt that trap them, hence, they created their own situation.
That, or the one in the middle is the tall man’s ball polisher and the others are just waiting around for the show. I don’t know, I’m just guessing at the whole thing.
A tall man is king in the land of midgets
It’s Tom Waits and his road crew preparing to set up a tent for that night’s performance.
Obviously a stock broker overseeing several small investors.
It appears the tall guy is practicing the long lost art of midget straddling.
Its obviously a photo from the future that slipped through one of those worm-hole-thingies….. the picture is Woody Harrelson lording his career over the rest of the cast of Cheers.
It’s Chewbacca and some Ewoks strip-mining Endor.
The real Willy Wonka, dealt in dirt not candy
This is the image I see every time I close my eyes. Finally, someone else actually sees them…
She is not just neeearly dead, she’s really most sinceeerely dead.