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Article about celebrity statues with poor resemblances

Rob Beschizza
Dec 03, 2024
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James Dean, allegedly

Ken Maguire writes about an odd trend in popular culture: the tendency for statues of celebrities to resemble them very badly. See, for example, those of soccer star Harry Kane and basketballer Dwyane Wade, neither looking much like their human inspirations. And then there's the "infamous" Cristiano Ronaldo bust (previously at Boing…

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