Risqué 26ft statue of Marilyn Monroe is unveiled in the Windy City

[valkery]

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[QUOTE]That pose,[I] that[/I] dress, the blonde hair, the luscious lips ...

A 26-foot tall statue of Marilyn Monroe towering above tourists in the middle of Chicago was unveiled on Friday to much applause.

Bemused shoppers stopped and stared, a boy tried to crawl up her leg and the men from a wedding party could not resist taking a few photos from all angles.

[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/15/article-2014963-0D07D6D500000578-877_634x899.jpg[/IMG]High and mighty: The curious gather around Seward Johnson's 26ft sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Chicago

Desperate to keep her identity a secret until Friday, workers who put the statue in place on Thursday had to put a rather unsightly cloth bag over the poor girl's head, albeit it one in red, white and blue.
The statue, by artist Seward Johnson, replicates the actress's famous subway scene in 1955 film The Seven Year Itch and was unveiled on Chicago's Pioneer Court.
In the scene Monroe stands over a subway grate as a breeze from a train passing below blows her skirt over her panties.
It was shot in New York but as the Windy City, Chicago seems like the second best location for such an art work.

[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/15/article-2014963-0D079FFA00000578-589_634x457.jpg[/IMG]Cameras at the ready: While their wives and girlfriends were not there, the men from a wedding party took scores of photos from all different angles
[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/15/article-2014963-0D0818F100000578-393_634x532.jpg[/IMG]Now THAT'S a Kodak moment! Or at least an iPhone moment

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Simply irresistible: A cheeky boy tries to scale her leg while some really enjoy the rear views

It will be on show through the Spring of 2012.
The stainless steel and aluminium sculpture, which weighs a whopping 34,000lbs, has raised more than a few eyebrows.
Not least because visitors to the plaza are at once confronted with Monroe's pert bottom in gleaming white panties and her perfect pins bedecked in white, open-toe kitten heels.

[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/15/article-2014963-0D043FE900000578-998_634x993.jpg[/IMG]Covered up: A worker puts the finishing touches to the statue on Thursday

[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/15/article-2014963-0D043FC800000578-621_634x449.jpg[/IMG]What did you do at work today darling? One man touches up the statue's under carriage with paint

[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/15/article-2014963-0D043FFC00000578-646_634x703.jpg[/IMG]Breathtaking views: A worker is seen spraying the statue's panties before the great unveiling on Friday

[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/15/article-2014963-0D043FC000000578-281_634x401.jpg[/IMG]You missed a bit: Well, Monroe always did have men at her feet

Men have been spotted gawping while their wives get cross and attempt to shield their eyes and lots of people have stopped to take a quick snap of the giantess before she goes public tomorrow.

Not all are happy of course. Abraham Ritchie wrote on Art Chicago Blog the statue was a 'creepy schlock from a fifth-rate sculptor that blights a first-rate public art collection.'
But the Zeller Realty Group, which owns the plaza and now its statue, wants Marilyn to make people think.

[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/15/article-2014963-0078D47400000258-346_634x612.jpg[/IMG]...And the real thing: Monroe cools off via the subway in front of Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch

'(Paul Zeller) likes to bring in things that cause a conversation,' said a spokesman from the company. 'They might be controversial, but he likes art that makes people think.'
And if that fails at least her skirt will be a good place to shelter from the rain.
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One question, WHY?

Oh, and there are bigger pics in the link.

[VengfulSoldier]

Time for people with giant people fetishes to pour on in!

[CabooseRvB]

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I fucking lost it when I saw this.

[ewitwins]

Best. Wedding. Ever.

[Beans]

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I fucking lost it when I saw this.[/QUOTE]

The guy in the middle looks like Kim Jong-il.

[Coldmute]

[QUOTE=Bean Shoot;31157726]The guy in the middle looks like Kim Jong-il.[/QUOTE]
Damn, he really does. Even Little Kim wants some 26 foot Monroe.

[Elecbullet]

it's not even that hot at all what the fuck guys

hardly risque

[pr00ch]

[QUOTE=Elecbullet;31159776]it's not even that hot at all what the fuck guys

hardly risque[/QUOTE]

Maybe they made her a camel toe.

[Madman_Andre]

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Dat Ass... [img]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-frog.gif[/img]

[PvtCupcakes]

The face looks creepy as all hell.

[valkery]

[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;31160128]The face looks creepy as all hell.[/QUOTE]

maybe that's why they covered it with a sack before revealing it.

[Sumap]

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[Desolategrunt]

It looks like if you get 2 guys to climb up there, you can pull her panties off.

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get to it boys

[hl2poo]

I gotta see this for myself, up close and personal.

[God of Ashes]

hahaha I'll have to go into the city to see this, that's great

[POLOPOZOZO]

All I can think of when she's in that pose is that she just farted really hard.

[Cuntsman]

chicago is a shithole

[cecilbdemodded]

They need to drive this around there.

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[Zombii]

I'm going to Chicago next week. I'll try to go see this.

[VengfulSoldier]

....Huh, someone get a stereo or a band to play LA Noire's main theme near the statue.

Would fit well.

[Used Car Salesm]

We have internet porn now.

This is not risque.

[JaffaOrange]

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Seems like this girl is high maintenance.

[Lord of Ears]

looks terrible

[VengfulSoldier]

[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;31163306]They need to drive this around there.

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/cecilb6/Oscar-Mayer-weinermobile1.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Paint Kennedy's face on one end too.

[Sexy Eskimo]

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I think all the crabs are dead now.

[Cuntsman]

[QUOTE=Zombii;31165549]I'm going to Chicago next week.[/QUOTE]

do you want to get shot