Oh, what? You haven’t heard about this?
Yeah apparently there’s a ludicrously gigantic statue of Marilyn Monroe holding down her skirt on the Magnificent Mile. The sculpture, the product of descendant of the Johnsons of Johnson & Johnson fame and (apparently) artist J. Seward Johnson, reproduces the iconic moment from ‘The Seven Year Itch’ which has titillated old men for many decades now. Here is a picture of the iconic moment:
And now, contrast it with this 70 foot tall monstrosity.
There's no denying it: this sculpture is about seeing and having your picture taken with panties. Gigantic plaster replica panties.
I can't believe she's been outside this whole time. I'm worried for her. It's been so humid out, I hope she doesn't end up with a SEVEN YEAR ITCH.
(Pause)
SEVEN YEAR ITCH, ladies and gentlemen.
(Cough)
Anyway, leave it to a man named Johnson to take an incredibly sexy moment from classic cinema and make it absolutely terrifying. I mean, who could ever hope to satisfy gigantic Marilyn Monroe? Perhaps a cross between Kennedy and the Jolly Green Giant? Gargantuan Transformer Arthur Miller?
But now that I know it’s there, I have to see it. I mean I just do. Why? Because once I actually had this very same nightmare. I was a 70 foot tall Marilyn Monroe, except with my face, and my skirt kept blowing up and every time a gust of wind would blow another Japanese tour group would come by, snapping photos and nodding their heads.
I eventually sold my gigantic pair of panties to one of them for 8000 Yen. Arigato, perv.
Links to: Kuriositas for pictures of Forever Marilyn (flickr users credited through Kuriositas), sewardjohnson.com, filmforum.org and, of course, wikipedia.
3 comments:
you're right, nat. if only u of m would loan their giant arthur miller transformer all would be well. what did he transform into by the way?
Hopefully not the car from the Ride Down Mount Morgan.
hahahahaha. oh wait. sad. hopefully not Willy's car from Death of A Salesman either.
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