Going to see Bodies: The Exhibition tomorrow - Anyone seen it?

supernova

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Sat Jul-14-07 02:06 PM
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Going to see Bodies: The Exhibition tomorrow - Anyone seen it?

My sister is taking me because Monday is my birthday.

I'm 1/2 fascinated and 1/2 quasi repulsed. Not because it's an intimate anatomy lesson, but the poses and the Plasticine are kinda well, weird. I'm not quite sure how to feel about it.

If you've seen it, what did you think? I'd like to hear your stories.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sat Jul-14-07 02:12 PM
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1. My dear supernova!

I have seen it, and it is amazing!

It isn't a bit horrifying....at least to me, it wasn't...

I'm a nurse, so anything anatomical fascinates me...

Go with an open mind, and enjoy...

One thing I observed: People tended to be quiet, as though they were in church, or some other holy place...

Hushed tones, tiptoeing around, and like that...

Very respectful of those who had donated their bodies for this exhibit...

Let us know what you think!

:hi:

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supernova

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Sat Jul-14-07 02:34 PM
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4. Like church...

Interesting.

I'm not squeamish about bodies. Heck I am fascinated with the surgery shows on Discovery Health! :-)

I'll try to keep an open mind.

Thank you CaliforniaPeggy. :pals:

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MonkeyFunk

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Sat Jul-14-07 02:15 PM
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2. I'm jealous

I'd love to see it. Where is the exhibit now?

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supernova

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Sat Jul-14-07 02:35 PM
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5. Here in Durham NC

until the first week of August.

They set up in one of the larger malls, a store that had closed.

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Lyric

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Sat Jul-14-07 02:17 PM
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3. We saw it last year, at the MOSI in Tampa (if this is the one I'm thinking of)

Fascinating but repulsive at the same time. :hi:

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supernova

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Sat Jul-14-07 02:36 PM
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6. I think it is the same one

I'm debatting whether I want to listen to the tour narration. Did you do that?

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Lex

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Sat Jul-14-07 02:57 PM
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7. Hey supernova, I'm going to try to see it before it leaves town.

Edited on Sat Jul-14-07 02:58 PM by Lex

Let me know what you think, and if you think an 11 year old (nephew) might like to see it, or if it would be too grown-up or upsetting or something.

:hi:

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supernova

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Sat Jul-14-07 03:20 PM
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10. 11 might be OK

Boys generally like "gory" stuff. And I'm a girl who appreciates the macbre.

My sis, at one time, wanted to take her granddaughter; she's 5. She might be OK. I don't know if she's come with us tomorrow. I'll let you know.

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Pierre.Suave

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Sat Jul-14-07 03:01 PM
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8. is this the

Body Worlds exhibit?

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supernova

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Sat Jul-14-07 03:21 PM
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11. Yes, I think

it's the same one.

Did you see Body Worlds?

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Pierre.Suave

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Sat Jul-14-07 03:30 PM
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14. no

but I wanted to. I was told it was great though.

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Call Me Wesley

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Sat Jul-14-07 03:06 PM
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9. When is he going to be plastinated?

;)

Don't be repulsed, it's pretty fascinating. However, there's still a big discussion going on here how he (von Hagen) gets the corpses.

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supernova

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Sat Jul-14-07 03:23 PM
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12. One of the reasons

I'm quasi repulsed.

If I knew that every BODY there did it willingly and in the interest of science, I wouldn't be troubled by it.

Didn't they put him on trial?

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Call Me Wesley

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Sat Jul-14-07 03:40 PM
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17. He got a fine for calling himself a 'professor.'

The other. more troubling one, is this:
"In January 2004, the German news magazine Der Spiegel reported that von Hagens had acquired some corpses from executed prisoners in China; he countered that he did not know the origin of the bodies and went on to cremate several of the disputed cadavers. German prosecutors declined to press charges, and Von Hagens was granted an interim injunction against Der Spiegel in March 2005, preventing the magazine from claiming that Body Worlds contain the bodies of executed prisoners."

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supernova

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Sat Jul-14-07 03:58 PM
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18. German stand off?

:crazy:

Thanks for the info, CMW. I had remembered that there was some dicussion that not all the bodies were obtained ethically. Chinese prisoners. Wow. China is such a beatiful country and it seems the gov't doesn't value lives very much.

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dajoki

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Sat Jul-14-07 03:24 PM
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13. My daughter saw it when...

she was in nursing school. She was fascinated and said it was educational. As for me, not my taste.

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YankeyMCC

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Sat Jul-14-07 03:31 PM
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15. Took my son when it was at the Boston MoS

it was fascinating somehow not creepy at all to me or my son.

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philosophie_en_rose

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Sat Jul-14-07 03:37 PM
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16. Don't eat lunch.

It's gruesome. And most of the bodies belong to dissidents executed and sold by the Chinese government.

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supernova

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Sat Jul-14-07 04:00 PM
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19. Going before lunch

I don't nececessarily call it it gruesome. I've long had a rather medical, clinical approach to such topics.

I tend to take the approach that you can never know enough.

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HughBeaumont

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Sat Jul-14-07 04:07 PM
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20. Saw it two weeks ago in Rosslyn!

It's an intriguing look inside the organs, skin, skeletal and muscular structure, along with an eye-opening embryonic display. Well decked out, although you can't take pictures, which I thought sucked.

Being that one of my favorite bands is the grind-metal pioneers Carcass, I found this exhibit to be like a live-version of their album covers.

Beware though, it's not cheap ($26.20 for just me).

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