Subject: Fw: A 26ft Statue Of Marilyn Monroe Unveiled
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Subject: FW: A 26ft Statue Of Marilyn Monroe Unveiled

When seeing much controversy  on television I ask myself. what's the big deal?

It's art

We've been to over 30 countries and many foreigners think we are "prudist."

Everywhere in Europe and Asia you'll find nude paintings and statures in the streets, castles, museums and cathedrals, and the cherubs are all males.

Take a look at David in Florence, Italy with replicas world wide including Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.

Foreign school children tour by the busloads and take home postcards with the same.

Marilyn's an asset to Chicago.

Perhaps David will show up one day. he's been everywhere else.

It's art

me

 

From: Jack Seger [mailto:[email-masked]] 
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Subject: Fw: A 26ft Statue Of Marilyn Monroe Unveiled

 

 

That pose, that dress, the blonde hair, the luscious lips ... 

A 26-foot tall statue of Marilyn Monroe towering above tourists in the middle of Chicago was 
unveiled on Friday to much applause.

Bemused shoppers stopped and stared, a boy tried to crawl up her leg and the men from a 
wedding party could not resist taking a few photos from all angles.

High and mighty: The curious gather around Seward Johnson's 26ft sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Chicago

Desperate to keep her identity a secret until Friday, workers who put the statue in place on 
Thursday had to put a rather unsightly cloth bag over the poor girl's head, albeit it one in red, 
white and blue.

The statue, by artist Seward Johnson, replicates the actress's famous subway scene in 1955 film 
The Seven Year Itch and was unveiled on Chicago's Pioneer Court.

In the scene Monroe stands over a subway grate as a breeze from a train passing below blows 
her skirt over her panties.

It was shot in New York but as the Windy City, Chicago seems like the second best location for 
such an art work.

Cameras at the ready: While their wives and girlfriends were not there, the men from a wedding party took scores 
of photos from all different angles

Now THAT'S a Kodak moment! Or at least an iPhone moment

Simply irresistible: A cheeky boy tries to scale her leg while some really enjoy the rear views

It will be on show through the Spring of 2012.

The stainless steel and aluminium sculpture, which weighs a whopping 34,000lbs, has raised 
more than a few eyebrows.

Not least because visitors to the plaza are at once confronted with Monroe's pert bottom in 
gleaming white panties and her perfect pins bedecked in white, open-toe kitten heels.

Covered up: A worker puts the finishing touches to the statue on Thursday

"What did you do at work today darling?" "I spent the whole day under Marilyn's skirt!"  A man touches up the statue's under carriage with paint

Breathtaking views: A worker is seen spraying the statue's panties before the great unveiling on Friday

You missed a bit: Well, Monroe always did have men at her feet

Men have been spotted gawping while their wives get cross and attempt to shield their eyes 
and lots of people have stopped to take a quick snap of the giantess before she goes public 
tomorrow.

Not all are happy of course. Abraham Ritchie wrote on Art Chicago Blog the statue was a 
'creepy schlock from a fifth-rate sculptor that blights a first-rate public art collection.'

But the Zeller Realty Group, which owns the plaza and now its statue, wants Marilyn to make 
people think.

...And the real thing: Monroe cools off via the subway in front of Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch