As befits the son of a satyr, Midas was a king who loved the pleasures of this world. |
Unfortunately, Sutherland plays a pony-tailed satyr of only limited charm, and Garner, who is a fine comic actor, is never really put to work. |
Her confrontation of the insatiable satyr while he has his hand up another honey's haunches is the sole moment of real emotion in what is otherwise a movie of surfaces. |
The image of the satyr turns him into a buffoon, a lubricious figure, a familiar character in satyric dramas. |
And to clench matters, many depictions of John actually show him with the lower torso of a satyr, cloven hooves and all! |
At the festival itself, some of the men wear small goat horns attached to their heads, giving them a rather satyr like appearance. |