Video: Hemingway holiday: 121 bearded men in the look-alike contest
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Ernest Hemingway is a holiday that is always with you. At least if you look like him to such an extent that you can go to the competition for the doubles of the great American writer. A bar in the Florida Keys, 121 white-bearded old men and the sea are the main components of the annual Hemingway holiday.
The doubles contests are not only an excellent indicator of a person's lifetime and posthumous fame, but also evidence of his brightness and originality. Fans copy Charlie Chaplin, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe … Even in this company, Hemingway looks very solid. The classic of American literature, the Nobel laureate, who told us for whom the bell tolls (spoiler alert: it always rings for you), was truly a legend. He died, as befits a legend: never being able to finally say to himself "goodbye to arms," Hemingway shot himself in 1961 with a gun - but true lovers of his books remember the writer every year.
The place of commemoration of Hemingway became his favorite islands in the ocean - the Caribbean archipelago Florida Keys. Here, in Sloppy-Joe's bar not far from the writer's house-museum, 121 participants of the doubles competition gathered. This year, 64-year-old engineer from Florida Matt Gineo was recognized as the most like an idol. Matt entered the competition for the 12th time. The long-awaited victory was brought to him by a white woolen sweater, as in the famous photo of Hemingway by the famous photographer Yusuf Karsh. However, the winner gets nothing but a bust of the writer and general respect.
But if you think that Hemingway holiday - it's just a "clone factory", you are wrong. During the six days of the festival, from July 19 to July 24, the participants managed to run with bulls (as in the novel "Fiesta"), catch huge marlins (as in the story "The Old Man and the Sea"), and most importantly, to hold a short story competition. - they are also collectors of everything related to Ernest Hemingway. According to the participants, they want not only to be like an idol, but also to build life with Hemingway - one of the most honest, courageous and talented people of the last century.
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