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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have yet to show their baby daughter off in public, but eager fans were given an unusual preview with the chance to see a bronze cast depicting her first solid stool.
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What the hell are they feeding this kid?! My son didn't poop solid until about 1 and it was never that big...too bad it's not the real deal...DNA tests! Sell poo on ebay!
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quote:"A bronzed cast of baby's first poop can be a meaningful memento for the family," gallery director David Kesting said, adding that he hoped the work would attract bids of up to 25 or 30,000 dollars.
A meaningful memento? What's wrong with just bronzing baby shoes?
Still, if Tom and Katie manage to make $30,000 for charity off what most parents dump in a diaper pail, then I think they deserve a little credit for their insane scheme.
"Hey Kat, after all the crap they've said about our baby being deformed and stuff, why don't we just feed it right back to them?"
"Great idea, baby!"
ETA--But something in me hopes the bids never top their current $41.
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quote:The artist behind the work, Daniel Edwards, previously courted controversy with a life-size nude sculpture of pop star Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug.
Riiight... and he also did Hillary Clinton And Her Breasts In An Almost Invisible Flowery Dress recently, I believe.
Neither the Britney Spears one or the Hillary Clinton one seem to have involved the subject (they didn't pose or authorise them) so is there any reason to think that this actually has anything to do with the baby?
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Were the Brittany and Hillary ones sold for charity, though?
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quote:Originally posted by Squishy0405: What the hell are they feeding this kid?! My son didn't poop solid until about 1 and it was never that big...too bad it's not the real deal...DNA tests!
I'm not sure how old I was, but I was a very big baby, and I was on solids within a few weeks (I think) of being born. I do know that my mum took me to the Doctor to ask if it was okay, and he said that there was no way a baby of my age could handle solid food. At which point she told him I'd been eating it for a week already.
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quote:Originally posted by Richard W: Neither the Britney Spears one or the Hillary Clinton one seem to have involve the subject (they didn't pose or authorise them) so is there any reason to think that this actually has anything to do with the baby?
I'm also highly skeptical for many reasons.
But it does invite some clever rhymes (if you'll pardon my feable attempt; I'm not as good as many snopesters at this kind of thing): Artist abuses poos. Who's poos to abuse? Cruise poos. Is it Suri's poos or a clever ruse? There are no clues. The news oohs at views of poos. Collectors schmooze. Cruise sues... (We all lose.)
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Would someone tell me who on this green earth would want a bronzed statue of their baby's poop??? O_o Seriously, what are you going to do, keep it on your coffee table as a conversation piece? My faith in humanity has just slipped down a notch. -_-
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The Cruises don't want a bronze statue of their baby's poop, any more than Britney wanted a lifesize statue of herself in labour.
This artist and his gallery use their considerable media savvy, to poke fun at celebrity culture. Western culture is so fascinated with celebrity that the very shit they produce is newsworthy.
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The only thing funnier than the sculpture are the people who think it's really a cast of a baby's crap. For that reason alone it's a great piece of pop art.
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Never mind a bronzed statue, I was told on good authority a FOAF tale about Frank Zappa. The FOAF, who was a roadie for Mr Zappa, observed that the musician always carried with him a set of jars containing the first solid poops of each of his children, and he would occasionally remove said turds from their jars and play with them as if they were plasticine/playdoh.
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quote:Originally posted by Stoneage Dinosaur: Never mind a bronzed statue, I was told on good authority a FOAF tale about Frank Zappa. The FOAF, who was a roadie for Mr Zappa, observed that the musician always carried with him a set of jars containing the first solid poops of each of his children, and he would occasionally remove said turds from their jars and play with them as if they were plasticine/playdoh.
I'll never be able to look at HD's "Frank Zappa Crappa" T-shirt the same again....
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You mean the Gross-out Contest legend hadn't already put you off the t-shirt?
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For the sake of all of humanity, I hope this is some sort of stupid hoax. If we've reached the point where celebrity's are selling sculptures of their kid's crap for charity, well... I want to secede from the human race.
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quote: "It's partially a statement on modern media that 'celebrity poop' has more entertainment value than health, famine or other critical issues facing society and governments today.
"Also, it is a statement on the absurdity of the media coverage surrounding Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' new baby, Suri Cruise, which has reached stellar proportions and is eclipsing far more notable events with more substance."
Apparently, limited edition plaster replicas will also be up for sale.
ETA--I figured this was tongue in cheek, but I had absolutely no problem believing Tom and Kate would be involved in it. I don't know if that speaks for my gullibility or their growing reputation for the bizarre, but there it is.
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