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Posts Tagged ‘madame tussauds’

Madame Tussauds Creates Wax Demons of Democrats

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Goo! That’s Barack and Hillary, in the Oval Office, except it’s a fake Oval Office and they are wax “busts.” The vaguely new Madame Tussauds wax museum in DC unveiled this exhibit yesterday in anticipation of today’s Potomac Chesapeake Crabby Primaries. The exhibit features other demonic constructions as well… MORE »


Eerie Simulacrum of Tragic American Hero Flying Delta Shuttle Today

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

In a century or so, you'll be a Real Doll - WonketteThis is just creepy and wrong and weird — we got a press release earlier this morning advising us that “PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON D.C.” today. It’s from Madame Tussauds, whose Chinatown by-way-of-Coney Island (but somehow… not awesome?) wax museum is opening soon. And yes, Abe’s hideous life mask attached to a 7 ft tall mannequin is on the Delta Shuttle to National right now. He gets in at 11:45. They bought him a ticket and they’re posing him on the goddamn seat. Maybe they can bring JFK’s doppelganger in on the Acela. The quiet car, natch. Press release, after the jump! Still time to make it to the National to see the whole gross spectacle, guys!

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