tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post110357741585506820..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: A meditation on mockery, Part IIJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1105458697342730152005-01-11T09:51:00.000-06:002005-01-11T09:51:00.000-06:00It's fascinating to know all this. As I noted bef...It's fascinating to know all this. As I noted before, it's my understanding that Tussaud's is a kind of measure of who is, for whatever reason, seen as culturally/historically prominent in the Here and Now: figures are added and retired as the times (and historical/cultural memories/tastes) change. So, knowing this does indeed complicate the issue of mockery--it would seem, wouldn't it, that John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1104923581844316762005-01-05T05:13:00.000-06:002005-01-05T05:13:00.000-06:00It should also be noted that the 'casting' for the...It should also be noted that the 'casting' for the nativity was by visitors to the museum, rather than the museum itself, so unless those visitors were making fun of themselves I doubt any overt mockery was intended. I do however think that the choices say quite a lot about the sort of people who visit Mme Tussaud's. So in that sense, the very fact that the museum instigated the whole thing, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com