MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Shocking whats not shocking!

> I've been doing some research on public fountains as a study on the limits for
> cultural acceptance in statuary themes. So I'm not looking at "avant guard" modern
> art crap tucked away in obscure galleries... but statues on major public fountains
> accepted as significant or historical and thus "legitimate" subject matter for
> inspiration.
>
> What I'm gathering is... there is no difference... anything "avant guard" art has
> thought of to shock the viewer has already been done in the middle of town square.
>
> Urinating naked child: check twice: Brusseles, "Manneken Pis" AND "Jeanneke Pis"
>
> Vomiting: check: London "Vomiting Fountain"
>
> Lactating woman spraying breast milk: check, check, check and check: Bologna,
> "Neptune" AND "Lady of Perpetual Lactation" Guatemala's Central Park AND Italy,
> Artemis' fountain (commissioned by a Catholic Cardinal) AND Tuscany, "Fountain of
> Women"
>
> Masterbating and ejaculating naked man: check: Prague "Nation for itself forever"
>
>
> After that last one, there's still some room to cross the pubic public line... but
> not as much as you would have thought.
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I've actually been to Prague and Brussels and have seen those fountains in person. What may be a bit disturbing to some, but was apparently normal for the locals, is that on Sundays in Brussels the Manneken Pis has the water replaced with beer and you can put a glass up to it and grab a free beer. As a foreigner in the country I was shocked to see people putting a glass up to a golden liquid flowing out of a child's penis, but when it was explained to me that it was free beer, I got a glass and took my place in line. I felt kind of like Gary Glitter for a moment.

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