Lorelai and Rory-they're a mother-daughter team, and they don't come from riches. What about other characters, like Kelly Bishop's Emily Gilmore? She's so fresh and pretty-looking, I didn't want to make her look done up-it would have been out of character. But Lauren really didn't want to sit in the chair for too long, Sometimes I'd finish her makeup on set when they were rehearsing, because she didn't want to sit in the chair before rehearsal-we already had to get up so early in the morning as it was.Īlexis was playing a little younger than she was, so we didn't want to load the makeup up on her either. Maybe every once in a while Lorelai would go on a date, and we'd do a little something. Makeup wise, she wanted to look pretty, but not too glamorous. Obviously they didn't like the hours, no one did. What were the stars of the show-Lauren (Graham) and Alexis (Bledel)-like to work with? They really wanted to make sure the person was up to the task, because it was really long hours and a bunch of moving around. They get your name from somebody, and you go through an interview process. Marie Del Prete: It always just starts with a phone call with a producer. With a day to go until the release of Netflix's rebooted Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Del Prete caught up with Broadly for an exclusive, one-off interview. Del Prete continues to work as a makeup artist, but has embarked on a secondary career as a stand-up comic and actress: "I appeared on The King of Queens as a crippled stripper! That was fun." She wanted to regain a work-life balance: Gilmore Girls was exhausting, all-consuming work ("Once we worked a 22-hour-day!") and she'd just remarried and wanted to start a family. Read more: I Spent a Weekend in Stars Hollow with Thousands of Obsessive Gilmore Girls Fansĭespite her success, Del Prete left Gilmore Girls after two years to do the makeup on sitcoms. Del Prete was responsible for all these makeup looks, and more-creating a makeup aesthetic that resembled that of Renaissance oil portraiture. Lorelai (Lauren Graham) fights for her role as a Renoir beauty Kirk (Sean Gunn) is Jesus in Da Vinci's The Last Supper. In it, the residents of Stars Hollow physically inhabit famous paintings. Del Prete received the award for her work on Season Four episode "The Festival of Living Art," in 2002. I didn't want them to run down my achievement." An achievement it certainly was: Del Prete's team of three makeup artists won cult TV show Gilmore Girls' only Emmy. I literally wanted to punch him in the vagina, I was so mad."Īs a result of this toxic online bitching, Del Prete's wary of the press. An unimpressed Homer then takes a leak behind the installation, stating it’s by the side of a road, which by definition makes it a bathroom."Exactly! It was totally macho. On a road trip, Homer, Marge and Lisa stop by the side of the road, thinking “Prada Marfa” is an actual Prada store, but soon discover it’s an art installation. The Prada store art installation by Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset appeared in Marfa, Texas in 2005 as a bizarre fusion of Pop and land art. Most recently, in 2019, Elmgreen & Dragset’s Prada Marfa featured in the episode “Mad About the Toy”, continuing The Simpsons’ tradition of satirizing the contemporary art world. Mondrian and Andy Warhol are also on view at The Springsonian, and Jasper Johns (voiced by himself) makes an appearance, shoving free food in his trench coat, stealing light bulbs and later running off with Marge’s artwork – presumably to use for his own art pieces. They call it his angry jerk period”, Marge adds about Picasso. “By the end of his life he was just writing crank letters to the editor. Turner, and Picasso (there’s a Simpsons version of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon in the museum). Marge walks Homer through the exhibition, explaining about the influence of Claes Oldenburg, J.M.W. In another episode, “Mom and Pop Art”, Marge and Homer visit The Springsonian Museum of Art exhibition “Where the Elite Meet Magritte” so Homer can get inspiration for his own art. Banksy agreed and sent over storyboards, which resulted in opening titles showing Banksy tagged on walls and billboards across town, and ends in a dark, dystopian factory where workers create Simpson animations under bleak and miserable conditions – Banksy’s poke at The Simpsons’ use of animation studios in South Korea. In 2010, the show’s executive producers invited Banksy to write the opening titles and couch gag for the episode “MoneyBart”. The Simpsons have had several guest appearances by contemporary artists. The Simpsons – “MoneyBart”, “Mom and Pop Art” and “Mad About the Toy”
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