# I Love Lucy! But I don't Love this statue. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797 "2015-04-04T12:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/41 "2015-04-07T11:09:44Z")
I do not ever want to be famous. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/42 "2015-04-07T12:15:41Z")
Well, that’s what you get for hiring H.R. Geiger to make your statue 😛 Seriously, Yikes!!! I agree with the poster who said don’t have the original artist fix it, find somebody who actually knows what they’re doing to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/43 "2015-04-07T12:47:08Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > At the top of [this story](http://www.avclub.com/article/statue-lucille-ball-terrorizes-small-town-217506?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview%3A1%3ADefault) is another image of the statue, taken from the front in full daylight. But the first paragraph of that article is sublime! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/44 "2015-04-07T13:34:06Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > But the first paragraph of that article is sublime! It is. Now the statue makes sense. The sculptor should just have quoted that, and everyone would have agreed to keep the demonic monstrosity after all. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/45 "2015-04-07T16:55:33Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > free fix and apology. > > ‘Scary’ Lucille Ball Artist Apologizes: It Is “By Far My Most Unsettling Sculpture” > > [https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/scary-lucille-ball-artist-apologizes-far-most-unsettling-040004045.html](https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/scary-lucille-ball-artist-apologizes-far-most-unsettling-040004045.html) Hm. Personally as an occasional artist I _know_ when whatever I was working on looks like what it was supposed to. I have absolutely no freaking idea why he felt that that statue looked like Lucille Ball in the first place. Is he blind and working from memory or something? I would never have cast that piece looking as little like Lucille Ball as it does. I would have reworked my study model until it actually looked like her from the photograph I would have been using as a model. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/46 "2015-04-07T18:10:16Z")
Looks to me like it’s Lucy up to the nostrils but everything above that is Ricky. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/47 "2015-04-07T18:14:12Z")
Poor Lucy. She deserves so much better. Although with her sense of humor, she is probably laughing at it in the hereafter. If anything could make me believe that a statue could be possessed by evil, leave its pedestal and terrorize the neighborhood at night, this one surely would. Those crazy-looking eyes and monstrous teeth. Eeek. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/48 "2015-04-07T18:21:10Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > At least the sculptor didn’t give it a boner, unlike that of Christiano Ronaldo. > > [http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4850150.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Cristiano-Ronaldo-statue.jpg](http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4850150.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Cristiano-Ronaldo-statue.jpg) Damn, that’s the Peckerman Action Figure. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/49 "2015-04-07T18:50:33Z")
It’s still not half as scary as the statue of Dante at the Dante Alighieri Cultural Center in Cambridge, MA: > **[Dante Alighieri Society Cultural Center](https://foursquare.com/v/dante-alighieri-society-cultural-center/40b28c80f964a52048f81ee3?openPhotoId=4f8ab994e4b09582a37bab47)** > > Cultural Center in Cambridge, MA Click on the third picture from the left at the top to get the full effect. I notice that they (wisely) cut the head off the statue on the page as it loads. Here’s another view, but you can’t see how scary the head looks in it: > **[Page Not Found - Cambridge Office for Tourism](https://www.cambridgeusa.org/listing/dante-alighieri-italian-cultural-center-the)** > > Cambridge, Massachusetts Here’s another view: [http://www.richardaliberti.net/new2.html](http://www.richardaliberti.net/new2.html) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/50 "2015-04-07T19:03:10Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It’s still not half as scary as the statue of Dante at the Dante Alighieri Cultural Center in Cambridge, MA: Well, maybe, but a Scary Dante at least seems a tad more appropriate than Scary Lucy. Despite the name, The Divine Comedy wasn’t exactly a sitcom, you know what I’m saying? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/51 "2015-04-07T19:06:04Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Well, maybe, but a Scary Dante at least seems a tad more appropriate than Scary Lucy. Despite the name, The Divine Comedy wasn’t exactly a sitcom, you know what I’m saying? Yeah, but it’s no excuse to make Dante look like my Sister Superior (without the ruler) ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/52 "2015-04-07T20:05:49Z")
Dante’s statue just looks like an old guy to me. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/53 "2015-04-07T20:29:55Z")
In fairness, the statue isn’t as scary as Lucy was in MAME. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/54 "2015-04-07T20:29:59Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Dante’s statue just looks like an old guy to me. He looks like a _scary mean_ old guy with soulless empty eyes. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/55 "2015-04-07T20:41:16Z")
For comparison, here are other heads of statues of Dante: [https://search.yahoo.com/search;\_ylt=A0LEV1YtMSRVNsgAWAVXNyoA;\_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGZyA3lmcC10LTI1Mi1zBGdwcmlkA1pUMWk4eEk0VHFxbzdSVS5nclhYMUEEbl9yc2x0AzAEbl9zdWdnAzMEb3JpZ2luA3NlYXJjaC55YWhvby5jb20EcG9zAzAEcHFzdHIDBHBxc3RybAMEcXN0cmwDMjkEcXVlcnkDRGFudGUgQWxpZ2hpZWlyaSBzdGF0dWUgaW1hZ2UEdF9zdG1wAzE0Mjg0MzkwOTM-?p=Dante+Alighieiri+statue+image&fr2=sb-top-search&fr=yfp-t-252-s&fp=1](https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0LEV1YtMSRVNsgAWAVXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGZyA3lmcC10LTI1Mi1zBGdwcmlkA1pUMWk4eEk0VHFxbzdSVS5nclhYMUEEbl9yc2x0AzAEbl9zdWdnAzMEb3JpZ2luA3NlYXJjaC55YWhvby5jb20EcG9zAzAEcHFzdHIDBHBxc3RybAMEcXN0cmwDMjkEcXVlcnkDRGFudGUgQWxpZ2hpZWlyaSBzdGF0dWUgaW1hZ2UEdF9zdG1wAzE0Mjg0MzkwOTM-?p=Dante+Alighieiri+statue+image&fr2=sb-top-search&fr=yfp-t-252-s&fp=1) [https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=AwrB8p.CQCRVdjsAAxGJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTIzcGU0dTc5BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMxMWVkNDhjNWNjZWU1YjFhYTI1ODU4MThhZTVhM2Q1MQRncG9zAzQyBGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DDante%2BAlighieiri%2BStatue%26fr%3Dyfp-t-252-s%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D42&w=600&h=500&imgurl=www.giustgallery.com%2Fimages%2Fcatalog%2F128-DanteAlighieri%2F128-Dante-Alighieri-(bust)-1.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.giustgallery.com%2Fsculpture-reproductions%2Fdetail%2Fdante-alighieri%2Fitem-128%2F&size=80.2KB&name=\Dante\<%2Fb\>+\Alighieri\<%2Fb\>+\sculpture\<%2Fb\>+for+sale+-+photo+1&p=dante+alighieri+statue&oid=11ed48c5ccee5b1aa2585818ae5a3d51&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-252-s&rw=dante+alighieri+statue&tt=\Dante\<%2Fb\>+\Alighieri\<%2Fb\>+\sculpture\<%2Fb\>+for+sale+-+photo+1&b=0&ni=288&no=42&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12kj8aao7&sigb=138oe1j5g&sigi=12np0n0ep&sigt=121ph4rjq&sign=121ph4rjq&.crumb=iFnxBO8CwGG&fr=yfp-t-252-s](https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8p.CQCRVdjsAAxGJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIzcGU0dTc5BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMxMWVkNDhjNWNjZWU1YjFhYTI1ODU4MThhZTVhM2Q1MQRncG9zAzQyBGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DDante%2BAlighieiri%2BStatue%26fr%3Dyfp-t-252-s%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D42&w=600&h=500&imgurl=www.giustgallery.com%2Fimages%2Fcatalog%2F128-DanteAlighieri%2F128-Dante-Alighieri-%28bust%29-1.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.giustgallery.com%2Fsculpture-reproductions%2Fdetail%2Fdante-alighieri%2Fitem-128%2F&size=80.2KB&name=%3Cb%3EDante%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EAlighieri%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3Esculpture%3C%2Fb%3E+for+sale+-+photo+1&p=dante+alighieri+statue&oid=11ed48c5ccee5b1aa2585818ae5a3d51&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-252-s&rw=dante+alighieri+statue&tt=%3Cb%3EDante%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EAlighieri%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3Esculpture%3C%2Fb%3E+for+sale+-+photo+1&b=0&ni=288&no=42&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12kj8aao7&sigb=138oe1j5g&sigi=12np0n0ep&sigt=121ph4rjq&sign=121ph4rjq&.crumb=iFnxBO8CwGG&fr=yfp-t-252-s) [https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=AwrB8peVQCRVbDUAuBuJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTIzY3I4MXJvBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM4NjM5ZTQyNmY0Y2UwY2JiMmNlNGU5OWQ0YjQwMWZkZgRncG9zAzQ1BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DDante%2BAlighieiri%2BStatue%26fr%3Dyfp-t-252-s%26ri%3D42%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D45&w=363&h=500&imgurl=www.statue.com%2Faber6-30.jpg%3Fresizeid%3D-2%26resizeh%3D500%26resizew%3D500&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.statue.com%2FProducts%2FAuthors-Poets-Philosophers-Physicians%2FDante-Bust-13-High.html&size=27.9KB&name=\Dante\<%2Fb\>+\Alighieri\<%2Fb\>+Bust+Poet+Sculptual+Portrait+\Statue\<%2Fb\>+Historical&p=dante+alighieri+statue&oid=8639e426f4ce0cbb2ce4e99d4b401fdf&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-252-s&rw=dante+alighieri+statue&tt=\Dante\<%2Fb\>+\Alighieri\<%2Fb\>+Bust+Poet+Sculptual+Portrait+\Statue\<%2Fb\>+Historical&b=0&ni=240&no=45&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12s1ltdt1&sigb=13eegl705&sigi=11vvi5uil&sigt=12j2ld9d2&sign=12j2ld9d2&.crumb=iFnxBO8CwGG&fr=yfp-t-252-s](https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8peVQCRVbDUAuBuJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIzY3I4MXJvBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM4NjM5ZTQyNmY0Y2UwY2JiMmNlNGU5OWQ0YjQwMWZkZgRncG9zAzQ1BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DDante%2BAlighieiri%2BStatue%26fr%3Dyfp-t-252-s%26ri%3D42%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D45&w=363&h=500&imgurl=www.statue.com%2Faber6-30.jpg%3Fresizeid%3D-2%26resizeh%3D500%26resizew%3D500&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.statue.com%2FProducts%2FAuthors-Poets-Philosophers-Physicians%2FDante-Bust-13-High.html&size=27.9KB&name=%3Cb%3EDante%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EAlighieri%3C%2Fb%3E+Bust+Poet+Sculptual+Portrait+%3Cb%3EStatue%3C%2Fb%3E+Historical&p=dante+alighieri+statue&oid=8639e426f4ce0cbb2ce4e99d4b401fdf&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-252-s&rw=dante+alighieri+statue&tt=%3Cb%3EDante%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EAlighieri%3C%2Fb%3E+Bust+Poet+Sculptual+Portrait+%3Cb%3EStatue%3C%2Fb%3E+Historical&b=0&ni=240&no=45&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12s1ltdt1&sigb=13eegl705&sigi=11vvi5uil&sigt=12j2ld9d2&sign=12j2ld9d2&.crumb=iFnxBO8CwGG&fr=yfp-t-252-s) tumblr\_mt6mktIwo41saam98o2\_r1\_1280.jpg Admittedly, he doesn’t look happy in any of them, but at least his head is in proportion with everything else, and his eyes are in proportion with the head. In that freaky Cambridge statue, they’re out of kilter, and he looks as if _he wants your soul_. ---
**Author:** ![alted315](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alted315](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alted315)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/56 "2015-04-07T20:43:06Z")
Did Jabba the Hut encase all these people in carbonite? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/57 "2015-04-07T20:55:05Z")
I have a compromise for the Lucy statue. Just cut off the head and leave the rest alone. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/58 "2015-04-07T21:31:37Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > This one does … [eew](http://ancientrome.ru/art/artwork/sculp/rom/copy/sculp/scu120.jpg). Paint it’s hair green, and you’ve just cast the Joker for the next Batman film. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/59 "2015-04-08T04:00:59Z")
Don’t Blink. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797/60 "2015-04-08T16:42:23Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I have a compromise for the Lucy statue. Just cut off the head and leave the rest alone. Agreed. Do this and make it one of those photo-ops where people can stand behind it and look like they are take vitameatavegimin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797.md?page=4)