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From the moment the Louvre announced it’s intent to display all sixteen pieces of “Rhapsody in Linen” this June, protesters lined up in the streets of Paris.
“This is disgraceful,” marked one picketer. “The idea these pillowcases should hang next to great works such as the Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa is simply outrageous!”
Aside from her rather striking makeup style, Tammy Faye Messner is probably best remembered for her doomed marriage to television evangelist Jim Bakker who, due to his extramarital affair with Jessica Hahn, was subsequently exposed and found guilty of numerous crimes including mail fraud and conspiracy.Director Henri Loyrette concedes that that display is unlike any other displayed in the Museum’s illustrious history, but defends his decision.
“All art is suffering,” says the aficionado. “Michelangelo had censoring detractors. Van Gogh had depression. I don’t see how Tammy Faye running out of cold cream at 3 am at a Holiday Inn would be any different.”When asked to comment, the InterContinental Hotel Group [IHG], owner of the Holiday Inn franchise issued only the following statement: “We have no interest in exploiting the late Tammy Faye’s good image. But we washed and bleached the damn things like 50 times. We have a right to recoup our losses in any way we see fit.”
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This is a fricken hilarious post. Thanks
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Thank you actually. I wrote the original version of this a few years ago, but then Tammy unexpectedly died literally within hours of me posting it. I had just watched her on some reality show with Ron Jeremy and others and had no idea she was even sick; it was a creepy coincidence. I took it down at the time as I felt it seemed a little tasteless.
Not that it's particularly tasteful now actually ... but at least some time has elapsed. And to be honest if you Wikipedia that whole Tammy Faye/Jim Bakker/Jessica Hahn debacle and digest it retrospectively in one sitting, you’ll come to realize they just don’t make whacked-out celeb fodder like this anymore.
[*sniff*]
I think we should send Paris a bucket of oxyclean.
[Mental note: Call "Tide" with new marketing idea ...]
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