What????
My teenagers when to see the body show when it was in Raleigh.
Tickets were a bit pricey and they were not impressed very much - since it was their money they spent for the day.
I have heard that some, if not many, of the Bodyworks specimens were executed political prisoners and dissidents. Is there any truth to that?
I ask because most articles I have read about the exhibit have been nothing less than glowing, this one included.
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I saw one of the demonstratons is Houston, and it was worth every cent.
Seen it. They had a pacemaker on the wrong side of a cadaver’s chest at the beginning of the exhibit. Wish this had been around when I took anatomy, as it puts it all into a great perspective. Too bad the “angel” and a few others start to jump the shark at the end.
Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. That’s where I’m going. (We have a family plot in there!)
Prop me up on the couch with a bag of cheese puffs and a Fat Tire beer; then just dust me off every few months.
I don’t know who put in the keywords “cultofdeath” and “worshippingdeath” for this post, but that is not what the Body Worlds show is about.
The show, if anything, is intended a celebration of the amazing workings and great versatility of the human body. Yes, it uses actual cadavers, similar to the way medical students and scientists use cadavers to gain necessary knowledge into anatomy and body constructs. And yes, there is a bit of queasiness involved in knowing that the displays you are viewing are all actual dead human bodies (from people who have donated their bodies to science through a donation program).
But they are presented as scientific models, and the plastination process does make them look a bit unreal — shiny and artificial.
If you look at it as a way to see the “wondrous machines” that our bodies are, it’s pretty fascinating actually. As part of a few physiology classes, I’ve seen medical cadavers and even preserved children who died from birth-defects such as acute encephalitis, so the plastinated bodies were actually nice-looking compared to those.
This has nothing to do with “worshipping death.” It has much more to do with examining life, studying a part of what makes us what we are.
Not even death can end the vanity of Baby Boomers ...
Disgusting.
Call me nuts, but I don’t think dead bodies should be displayed for admission at a shopping mall.
Plastination...
That is what Nancy Pelosi did to her face.
I saw the exhibit. I thought it was tasteful, respectful, and valuable. I’ve even given some thought to donating my remains to a program like it.