Agreed on all counts. It's kind of a lame image, it shows two getups but nothing at all about when or why. Better than what's there though. At least the suggested caption change would talk about that a little.
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
There is no Planet B
It's definitely an improvement. I'd also like to include a pic of Sandy with Danny as a couple. Something like this:
Or is this image too busy?
How about an element to indicate the first and second are the same person, like an arrow? [1]
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Not completely sold on the 3-panel version, although the concept is sound...if there were screencaps of her catching Danny's eye in the second outfit while not doing so in the first, that would be ideal. Definitely not feeling the arrow, that it's the same character was apparent to me from the first time I saw the page and the current pic, and with no foreknowledge of that part of Grease.
edited 9th Apr '15 4:17:02 AM by Willbyr
The fewer "panels" we can run to get an idea across, the better.
The before and after works okay, or if you must, one with her normal than one with her skanky while in the car.
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All you can see of her in the car picture is a different hairstyle. The rest of the change is obscured by the carseat. That makes it a much weaker "after".
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.The suggestion for image and caption in the original post is fine. I might change the caption to "bobby socks to body rocker" (even though it doesn't rhyme perfectly) but it's fine as-is.
edited 11th Apr '15 5:09:00 PM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
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Why not "From bobby socker to body rocker"?
That is fine too :) Just not "socks-er".
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
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The term is "bobby-soxer" not "bobby socker". They wore bobby-sox.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
The terms are synonymous/interchangeable:[1]
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P.S.: Not to be pedantic, but they wore 'bobby SOCKS', not 'bobby-sox'.
edited 11th Apr '15 5:09:34 PM by peasant
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Bump; anyone else for the suggestion? Other caption ideas?
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Well, the consensus is in favor of the suggestion, so it's swapped in and tagged. Any other thoughts on the caption?
I fear the caption may be a little too "X shows us how it's done"-ey.
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The current caption is definitely in that territory; my suggestion is at least trying to be apropos for the time period, although it's a little clunky.
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"<X> shows us how it's done" is not, in itself a reason to change the caption. It's not a great caption, but no one has suggested anything better. It's when that sort of caption is used in conjunction with a Just-a-face-type image that it's a problem.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.I think it is a reason. It is worse than nothing, pure Word Cruft.
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
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I have to agree; it's about as superfluous as ear extensions on a Warcraft elf.
Also...I...did suggest something...?
edited 30th Apr '15 7:58:40 PM by Willbyr
I like the OP suggestion, "From bobby socks-er to body rocker, all for love."
"ear extensions on a Warcraft elf."
Heh.
Anyhow, no to the current caption. Pretty lame thing.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
I still really can't stand the current caption. Still sounds like someone's showing someone how it's done.
...We should really have an Administrivia page about those types of captions, huh.
- There doesn't need to be an Administrivia page or policy about everything.
- Captions like that are already mentioned on How To Pick A Good Image
Since a perfect rhyme seems to be important, but "socks-er" isn't a word and I think inventing words to fit a rhyme is extremely poor style, I suggest "From bobby socks to body rocks." or "From bobby sock to body rock."
edited 5th May '15 6:50:22 PM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
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"socks-er" may not be a word, but "bobby-soxer" (yes, spelled that way, or as "bobbysoxer"), is.
Wikipedia's page
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, one of the, if not the, definitive dictionaries of English slang
Movie title, The Bachelor and the Bobby-soxer
Dictionary.com, citing the Random House Dictionary (2015), and the Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
The Free dictionary citing American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011; Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 2003; and Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010.
Merriam Webster noting the first documented use in 1944
edited 5th May '15 9:08:23 PM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
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I'm fine with using that...I wasn't sure if it was spelled that way or not at the beginning.
edited 6th May '15 6:11:03 AM by Willbyr
Previous thread
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The current on Be a Whore to Get Your Man works but is a low-quality JPG. I found another comparison that's better quality and, I think, makes the contrast between the two getups even more apparent. What do you think?
Also, for a caption, I was thinking something like "From bobby socks-er to body rocker, all for love." Not sure if it's an improvement, but the current caption feels like the standard "X shows us how it's done".
edited 8th Apr '15 9:31:28 PM by Willbyr