{"id":40149,"date":"2013-12-20T12:31:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T19:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/20\/art-imitates-life-or-maybe-the-other-way-around.html"},"modified":"2014-01-07T15:36:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T22:36:40","slug":"art-imitates-life-or-maybe-the-other-way-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/20\/art-imitates-life-or-maybe-the-other-way-around.html","title":{"rendered":"Art Imitates Life. Or, maybe, the other way around"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Heh.\ufeff<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/x_CbkyUGmIxS9XEOHfyCrKiEfVzjFL3hQmVdEuGn2pJ1yvEIVI0pB-5U_chuqvqNjAskkpqI4DHQzwNSmpEMWbMbo_xTgUmTOHs9tKg=w120-h120' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/gawker.com\/billboard-honoring-nelson-mandela-honors-morgan-freeman-1486706578'>Billboard Honoring Nelson Mandela Honors Morgan Freeman Instead<\/a><br \/>\n                                                He may have played Nelson Mandela in a movie, but that probably doesn&#8217;t justify mistaking Morgan Freeman for Madiba himself.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/iU5YfYysW9c' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heh.\ufeff Billboard Honoring Nelson Mandela Honors Morgan Freeman Instead He may have played Nelson Mandela in a movie, but that probably doesn&#8217;t justify mistaking Morgan Freeman for Madiba himself. 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