the main character in a British cartoon strip in newspapers. Andy Capp is supposed to be a typical example of a working class British man who is lazy, enjoys drinking beer in the pub, and is always annoying his wife
orig. Andrew Samuel Griffith born June 1, 1926, Mount Airy, N.C., U.S. U.S. actor. He made his Broadway debut in No Time for Sergeants (1955). He also starred in its screen version (1958) after making a strong film debut in A Face in the Crowd (1957). He starred in many television shows, using his native Blue Ridge drawl to portray homespun characters such as the sheriff in the popular comedy series The Andy Griffith Show (1960-68). He later starred in the dramatic series Matlock (1986-91)
a US artist who had an important influence on modern art and music, especially in the 1960s. He is famous for his pictures in the pop art style, which were of ordinary objects such as the 'Campbell's Soup Can', or of famous people such as Marilyn Monroe. He also made films such as 'The Chelsea Girls' (1966) and 'Trash' (1970). His films, which usually dealt with sex and drugs, did not try to tell stories and the actors often invented their words as they spoke (1926-87). orig. Andrew Warhola born Aug. 6, 1928?, Pittsburgh?, Pa., U.S. died Feb. 22, 1987, New York, N.Y. U.S. artist and filmmaker. The son of Czech immigrants, Warhol graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, in 1949. He then went to New York City, where he worked as a commercial illustrator. Warhol began painting in the late 1950s and received sudden notoriety in 1962, when he exhibited paintings of Campbell's soup cans, Coca-Cola bottles, and wooden replicas of Brillo soap-pad boxes. By 1963 he was mass-producing these purposely banal images of consumer goods by means of photographic silk screen prints; he then began printing endless variations of portraits of celebrities in garish colours. The silk screen technique was ideally suited to Warhol, for the repeated image was reduced to a dehumanized cultural icon that reflected both the supposed emptiness of American material culture and the artist's emotional distance from the practice of his art. Warhol's work placed him in the forefront of the emerging Pop art movement in the United States. As the 1960s progressed, Warhol devoted more of his energy to filmmaking. His "underground" films are known for their inventive eroticism, plotless boredom, and inordinate length (up to 25 hours). Throughout the 1970s and until his death he continued to produce prints depicting political and Hollywood celebrities, and he involved himself in a wide range of advertising illustrations and other commercial art projects. He was one of the most famous and important American cultural figures of the late 20th century, and the effects of his conceptions of art and celbrity continue to be felt
two black characters in old US radio and television programmes, who were played by white actors. People now see these programmes as an example of a white racist view of black people