Talk:Elmyr de Hory
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This article seems to be phrased in a very anti-gay light.
"developed homosexual habits" ? Sounds like a drug addiction or something.
"suspected of the murder of a British homosexual" ? How about "suspected of the murder of a British man?" This seems written to make the whole thing sound sordid and dirty.
[edit] faked fakes?
When I read the final few words of the article -- the claim that fakes of fakes are now being produced -- I was at first inclined to suggest removal until/unless a suitable source for the claim was referenced. But then I realized that if ever there was, or is to be, an article in which a need for sources could be dismissed as not in keeping with the subject or its best treatment, surely the story of this master faker is among them. Publius3 05:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
- I didn't add this section, but the description of this can be sourced to the "Almost True" documentary. ivan 02:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] His birth name
It seems reasonably clear from Knut W. Jorfald's documentary that "Elmyr"s birth name was Elmyra Horthy. I think the same documentary gives his likely birth date as 1905. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.145.162 (talk) 20:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] copies/reproductions
The article makes repeated use of terms like "copies of originals" and "reproductions." In the "Almost True" documentary, Clifford Irving and Mark Forgy insist strenuously that de Hory was not a "copyist" but rather copied the style of other painters (and then may or may not have signed their names). I'm not sure if there is dispute on whether he ever did actually copy an existing painting, but even if that is the case it seems like the distinction and the dispute should be brought up. ivan 02:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
