August 14, 2009

by Bill Levinson

The following image (full-sized version is below) includes two screen shots from “Sharpe’s Challenge,” in which Richard Sharpe (in disguise as a deserter) receives a gold chain from a Raja named Khande Rao. The context and the body language show clearly that the gesture is that of a superior (the Raja) to a subordinate (Sharpe). The right panel shows Barack Obama accepting a gold chain from the King of Saudi Arabia. With the exception of the fact that the President of the United States is admittedly not on his knees in front of a foreign monarch, does anybody see any significant difference between the pictures?

Obama and Sharpe's Challenge

Obama and Sharpe's Challenge

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