The Wicker Weinstein

[CalMeacham]

Monstrous Harvey Weinstein Effigy To Be Burned In England

Monstrous Harvey Weinstein Effigy To Be Burned In England

A likeness of the movie mogul will go up in flames as part of annual bonfire celebrations in Edenbridge

An effigy of Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein is set to feel the heat at a bonfire celebration in southeast England this weekend.
A 36-foot-high statue of the mogul, who faces mounting allegations of sexual assault and harassment, will burn in the Kent town of Edenbridge on Saturday night, according to planners.
Bonfire organizers across the United Kingdom traditionally burn an effigy of Catholic rebel Guy Fawkes close to Nov. 5 to mark his failed 1605 “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up Parliament and murder King James I.

The Edenbridge Bonfire Society, however, opts to commemorate the failed assassination bid by burning a likeness of a celebrity.
The group revealed Wednesday that this year it would be sending Weinstein up in flames.
“Weinstein was the obvious option” for 2017 “due to allegations of outrageous and despicable conduct,” a spokesperson for the society said via Facebook.

There’s a picture of the effigy on the page.

Maybe they can put some offender inside, like in the Wicker Man movie (s)

(Not sure I even want to acknowledge the Nicholas Cage one)

Last year, the society voted to burn then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.

[ElvisL1ves]

I always wondered where Effigy was.

[CalMeacham]

@ElvisL1ves

I always wondered where Effigy was.

This was addressed in one installment of Alfred’s Poor Almanac in Mad back in the 1970s. At the beginning of the month, it was predicted that the issue would “sell like hotcakes”. When it didn’t, at the end of the month, Mad “burned Aunt Jemima in Effigy”. I think the sign said that Effigy was in Missouri, but my memory may be failing me.