Body Worlds show: Gripping or just gruesome?
The Body Worlds exhibit at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, through Jan. 23, delves into "plastination," a process for preserving cadavers to better represent the structures of the human body. The traveling show has sparked controversy for some of its more graphic portrayals.
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respects, it is a must see, one-of-a-kind exhibit.
can't see the scientific/educational benefit of the exhibit?
Perhaps one should consider more rational evaluations of
exhibits before launching into such drivel as references to Nazis,
etc.
More than a 100,000 killed by a natural disaster is disturbing to
government officials, but not 100,000 Iraq citizens killed by h.e.
and bullets. Hmmm...
I remember watching a movie (back when I was watching TV) about a French man (I whish I could remember the name.) who did this kind of thing.
He did an entire horse with a woman rider. It was his girlfriend or fiance.
It's like people who watch something like "Sex in the City" and then act surprised and appalled when they talk about sex...
My initial impulse to those who had seen it was how disgusting
the thought of it was; how typically German. Now that it is
coming to Chicago though, I plan to see it. After peering into
my own body this summer after a bike accident, I guess I've
changed my mind.
stairwell exhibit with slices through a human body (between
pieces of glass). I believe there are two bodies, one male and
one female, sliced in different ways.
It will be interesting to see a more extensive exhibit when it
comes there.