The procedure, which involved remolding their arms, cost around 10,000 pounds, or the equivalent of $19,000, and the separated figures have been put back on display with their backs to each other.
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"We would like them to get back together again because that would be a nice happy ending and we don't mind spending the money entwining them again," she said.
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Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
You could also call on people who attend wax museums and tell them their money could be spent on needs "more important" than their own entertainment, but I don't know how many of them would appreciate such an insight...
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Originally posted by Leena Diwan:
May be it will help to keep 3 wax works - one of her, one of him and one of both of them - or just keep detachable arms and display as they come together and get separated again!! Just my 2 cents really!
But why wont you call it Art? The wax works in Madame Tussauds are fantastic. Excellent work. The world knows it. People who have been there shuld not have a doubt about the magic in the finger(do they actually use fingers? I dunno ) of those artists.
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Originally posted by Madhav Lakkapragada:
My comments were directed at the way the museum wants to spend money again - re-arranging the arms and legs of Hollywood couples. I am sure the seperation rate in Hollywood is higher than those of ordinary people. So, I don't see the point in this, maybe its me.
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Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
Maybe I'm just missing the point of the 'money-better-spent' observation. Just because a certain lifestyles may be more fluid than others doesn't make it silly to want to depict them, does it?
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