Madame Tussauds unveils Donald Trump statue
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WTF?
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Don't joke about that, Kad.
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eta: it looks like the nose, from brow to tip and from tip to upper lip angle of slope is slightly off.
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Posted: 2/17/14 at 9:31pm
God in heaven.
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Posted: 2/17/14 at 10:17pm

Would someone do me a favor and explain the fundamental attraction of wax simulacra of famous people?
I can well imagine that such a thing would have been fascinating in an era when a painter might have to spend months creating a single, non-duplicatable likeness. Even in the early days of photography--sitting for a portrait could be a protracted ordeal.
Based upon this thread, it appears there is no interest in any "interpretation" by wax artists: no opportunity for self-expression, no evolution in the art of creating these figures. The one goal is, apparently, to create something that looks JUST LIKE the actual, often-photographed, person.
If I want to see what Leonardo diCaprio looks like, I can do a search of Google Images, and see hundreds of thousands of images--from earliest days to earlier today.
So--'splain to me. What is the point?
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Posted: 2/18/14 at 2:23am
It is literally just a $40ish photo op.
And it is really creepy to be in before and after hours.
The thing about the statues is that if you aren't looking at them at the optimal angle, they are totally in the uncanny valley.
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Addison, I feel the same way about artists who paint in the photorealistic style. The spend weeks or more looking at a photo and duplicating it exactly with paint.
Posted: 2/18/14 at 4:42pm
I do, though, tend to make tremendous allowance for intention--some photo-realist painters ARE trying to explore their medium and say something about perception, the nature of "reality", etc.
The wax artists may have similar intentions, I don't know--I've never made an effort to understand the wax "medium". I just find it creepy and pointless.
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