# Are there lots of mimes in France? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 26, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594 "2014-09-26T04:28:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594/21 "2014-09-27T14:08:54Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > Is France really infested with mimes? “Non!” ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594/22 "2014-09-27T15:48:31Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > “Non!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594/23 "2014-09-27T17:06:15Z")
There are some pictures of living statues in this article. I’ve seen them in the past month in Dublin, Ireland and in York, England: > **[Living statue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_statue)** > > A living statue, also known as a human statue, usually refers to a performer who poses as a statue or mannequin, usually with realistic statue-like makeup. > Living statue may also refer to art installations created by an artist using living people, or other works created by a performing artist. > The tableau vivant, or group of living statues, was a regular feature of medieval and Renaissance festivities and pageantry, such as royal entries by rulers into cities. Typically a group enacting a sce... ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594/24 "2014-09-27T19:29:57Z")
There were a few of them along London’s South Bank last time I went there - along with other similar novelty acts including someone doing the invisible chair illusion, someone dressed as a black-and-white Charlie Chaplin, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594/25 "2014-09-29T08:28:26Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The mimes were always at odds with The Oral Majority. As lead by Fundamentally Oral Roberts. (He was named after his mother was told she couldn’t write down her son’s name but was still a bit unclear on the concept.) ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594/26 "2014-09-29T08:57:59Z")
Well, the only time I was in France was 35 years ago. The Pompidou Center was new, and the plaza around it was filled with street performers. Several of them were mimes, and human statues. So that proves it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594/27 "2014-09-29T09:42:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The mimes were always at odds with The Oral Majority. Philosophical Question: If a tree falls in the woods, and kills a mime… would anyone care? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594/28 "2014-09-30T05:04:08Z")
[http://www.hulu.com/watch/12186](http://www.hulu.com/watch/12186) (free and very short) ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594/29 "2014-10-01T10:58:46Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > There were a few of them along London’s South Bank last time I went there - along with other similar novelty acts including someone doing the invisible chair illusion, someone dressed as a black-and-white Charlie Chaplin, etc. Was that guy with the flaming tuba still there? Him, I watched. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594/30 "2014-10-01T12:35:13Z")
I didn’t see anything like that… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-lots-of-mimes-in-france/699594.md?page=1)