# Madame Tussauds badly designed wax figure of Nicki Minaj. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754 "2015-09-27T19:51:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/1 "2015-09-27T19:51:14Z")
How could the sculpturer not foresee this? Come on, They had to know what fans would do. 😃 priceless > **[Madame Tussauds to fix Nicki Minaj wax figure, increase security after...](https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/08/19/madame-tussauds-to-fix-nicki-minaj-wax-figure-increase-security-after-tourists-snap-inappropriate-photos/)** > > Nicki Minaj wasn’t feeling this version of herself — or at least how it was treated. Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas is buffing up security around the “Anaconda” rapper’s… I can’t stop laughing. 😛 Azealia is a wise woman. She saw this coming. I hope they consider Minaj 's dignity and sculpt a new wax figure. I agree that it should be her standing and performing with a mic. > [@](#): > > Although Minaj said she loved the replica, Azealia Banks foretold what would happen to it based on the disrespectful placement. > > “Wow, they finally give nicki minaj a wax figure and it’s a statue of her bent over on all fours…. White people yo…” Banks said on Twitter. “As much as that woman has accomplished, they had to put her on all fours…Why not standing up with a mic in her hand???” > > “All ppl are gonna do is go up to that statue and take pictures shoving their crotch in her face and putting their crotch on her butt.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/2 "2015-09-27T19:55:48Z")
Apparently, they put the barricade up around the sculpture the very next day after I visited Tussaud’s last month. The selfie I took with it was comparatively tame. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/3 "2015-09-27T20:02:07Z")
I suspect people started posing inappropriately with statues back in the Roman and Greek days. 😉 I’ve seen a bunch of photos of people posing comically from all over the world. quick google image search [https://www.google.com/search?q=people+posing+statues&biw=1147&bih=530&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ\_AUoAWoVChMIppnC3ICYyAIVyZMNCh03MQIH](https://www.google.com/search?q=people+posing+statues&biw=1147&bih=530&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIppnC3ICYyAIVyZMNCh03MQIH) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/4 "2015-09-27T20:03:21Z")
I do not find wax replicas of pop stars erotically stimulating. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/5 "2015-09-27T20:14:07Z")
How could they have not thought that would happen? They probably did it on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/6 "2015-09-27T20:19:09Z")
Badly designed? No. Looks great. Badly posed and/or thought out? Um… yes. Tell me again why Nicki Minaj rates a figure at Madame Tussauds? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/7 "2015-09-27T20:20:38Z")
> [@Master\_Wang-Ka](#): > > Tell me again why Nicki Minaj rates a figure at Madame Tussauds? For the same reason that Miley Cyrus, Jenna Jameson, Britney Spears, and Nick Fury all have sculptures at that same location. Because Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/8 "2015-09-27T20:22:59Z")
I used to work in an office building on Wall St right in front of the Bull. His balls are very, very shiny. You could waste a lot of time watching tourists taking bestiality pictures. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/9 "2015-09-27T20:26:16Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I used to work in an office building on Wall St right in front of the Bull. His balls are very, very shiny. You could waste a lot of time watching tourists taking bestiality pictures. I’ve often wondered why they had to make that bull anatomically correct. one of the milder photos > **[Blog - Magic Photographer](http://www.magic-photographer.com)** > > \[et\_pb\_section fb\_built=”1″ admin\_label=”Header” \_builder\_version=”3.22″ background\_image=”http://magic-photographer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/notary-07.jpg” parallax=”on” custom\_margin=”|||”... ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/10 "2015-09-27T20:33:57Z")
That’s not the first Tussaud’s wax figure posed in that position. Google Kylie Minogue if you want an example. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/11 "2015-09-27T20:36:12Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’ve often wondered why they had to make that bull anatomically correct. > > one of the milder photos > [http://www.magic-photographer.com/wp-content/gallery/nyc\_wall\_street\_financial\_district/nyc02\_1887.jpg](http://www.magic-photographer.com/wp-content/gallery/nyc_wall_street_financial_district/nyc02_1887.jpg) He wouldn’t be much of a bull without his balls. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/12 "2015-09-27T20:37:26Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I do not find wax replicas of pop stars erotically stimulating. Try the 1935 horror movie **Mad Love.** Frances Drake is incredible, both her wax figure and her regular one. > **[Mad Love (1935) ⭐ 7.2 | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026663/)** > > 1h 8m | Approved ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/13 "2015-09-27T21:35:55Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’ve often wondered why they had to make that \*\*bull anatomically correct. > \*\* > one of the milder photos > [http://www.magic-photographer.com/wp-content/gallery/nyc\_wall\_street\_financial\_district/nyc02\_1887.jpg](http://www.magic-photographer.com/wp-content/gallery/nyc_wall_street_financial_district/nyc02_1887.jpg) Wouldn’t be a bull without 'em. oop. Missed Biggirl’s post. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/14 "2015-09-27T22:07:20Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > He wouldn’t be much of a bull without his balls. > [@Fleetwood](#): > > Wouldn’t be a bull without 'em. > oop. Missed Biggirl’s post. Wall Street does steer the nation’s economy. _flees_ ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/15 "2015-09-27T22:41:49Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > oop. Missed Biggirl’s post. Don’t have a cow, man. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/16 "2015-09-27T22:46:52Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’ve often wondered why they had to make that bull anatomically correct. > > one of the milder photos > [http://www.magic-photographer.com/wp-content/gallery/nyc\_wall\_street\_financial\_district/nyc02\_1887.jpg](http://www.magic-photographer.com/wp-content/gallery/nyc_wall_street_financial_district/nyc02_1887.jpg) We’ve got that beat (SFW) [http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab221/1942Johnny/19092010/Boys%20in%20Goulburn/Goulburn16August098.jpg](http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab221/1942Johnny/19092010/Boys%20in%20Goulburn/Goulburn16August098.jpg) Context: [The Big Merino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Merino) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/17 "2015-09-28T11:32:16Z")
I find the uproar about the Nikki Minaj figure outrageous. It’s a wax museum, setting characters in tableaus. Of _course_ they’re going to pose them in iconic ways that match their images. For Minaj, they chose one out of one of her most famous and popular videos. They didn’t pose her that way to belittle her. If they had her in a staid and upright pose behind a lectern it wouldn’t be iconic – it’d be downright boring. Tussaud’s wouldn’t be doing their job. And I’ll bet a lot of tourists wouldn’t know who the figure was supposed to be. This is really no different from posing Marilyn Monroe in her skirts-blown-up pose from _The Seven-Year Itch_. And before you accuse me of sexism, you could as easily pose a male figure in some non-sedate, possibly embarrassing yet iconic pose, as well (like Woody Allen dressed as a sperm cell). It’s not my fault that they generally don’t do it. The real problem is that people have access to the statue to take the pictures people are complaining about. At wax museums I’ve been to, the statues are isolated from the public by rails or are literally placed on pedestals or something – otherwise people might be raking their fingernails over the wax faces, or something. Are the people posing with Nikki jumping over velvet ropes, or something? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/18 "2015-09-28T11:47:28Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The real problem is that people have access to the statue to take the pictures people are complaining about. At wax museums I’ve been to, the statues are isolated from the public by rails or are literally placed on pedestals or something – otherwise people might be raking their fingernails over the wax faces, or something. Are the people posing with Nikki jumping over velvet ropes, or something? Especially with the celebrity images, Vegas Tussaud’s (I’m not sure of other locations) makes it explicitly part of the experience, or at least until now did, to “take your picture with the stars”. [Example](http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/54/0c/47/museo-de-cera.jpg).[Example2](http://images.travelpod.com/tw_slides/ta00/bb8/0b6/4-madame-tussauds-las-vegas.jpg).[Example3](http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/f1/a2/10/my-son-and-will-smith.jpg). ---
**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:** [September 28, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/19 "2015-09-28T11:56:31Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Especially with the celebrity images, Vegas Tussaud’s (I’m not sure of other locations) makes it explicitly part of the experience, or at least until now did, to “take your picture with the stars”. [Example](http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/54/0c/47/museo-de-cera.jpg).[Example2](http://images.travelpod.com/tw_slides/ta00/bb8/0b6/4-madame-tussauds-las-vegas.jpg).[Example3](http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/f1/a2/10/my-son-and-will-smith.jpg). Well, if that’s the case, I have to agree that choosing this pose was a Bad Idea – they shoulda seen it coming. Tussaud’s must be reconciled to replacing these figures on a regular basis – if people are getting that close, they’re going to be taking a toll on the notoriously fragile figures pretty soon. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754/20 "2015-09-28T15:24:49Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Well, if that’s the case, I have to agree that choosing this pose was a Bad Idea – they shoulda seen it coming. True. But apparently as is the case with many other situations in life, customers so far had tended to behave themselves around the figures. Failure of imagination as to what sort of audiance would be drawn by this particular asstastic portrayal? Or merely expecting that any such would be fewer and farther between than they turned out? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madame-tussauds-badly-designed-wax-figure-of-nicki-minaj/732754.md?page=2)