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Kim Jong-Il: Standing Tall

An image created by Japanese netizens shows some discrepancies between Kim Jong-Il’s height in photographs and propaganda paintings:

Cross-posted at Asia-Watch.

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6 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - July 9, 2006 at 11:34 am

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http://weblog.ceicher.com Charles

The comparison isn’t very realistic, that’s not quite how the proportions of the human body work.

I used photoshop to stretch the left figure to the same size as the right one, and the proportions were not as far off as this comparison would have you believe.
http://www.overoften.org.uk overoften

“Y’see Dougall, this Kim Jong-Il is veeery smaaall.
That Kim Jong-Il is… far awaaay.”
http://weblog.ceicher.com Charles

The comparison isn't very realistic, that's not quite how the proportions of the human body work.

I used photoshop to stretch the left figure to the same size as the right one, and the proportions were not as far off as this comparison would have you believe.
http://www.overoften.org.uk overoften

"Y'see Dougall, this Kim Jong-Il is veeery smaaall.
That Kim Jong-Il is… far awaaay."
Troy

It would be more realistic if they added wings and horns to the little gargoyle.
Troy

It would be more realistic if they added wings and horns to the little gargoyle.