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08-07-2016, 01:58 AM
Creepy Lucille Ball statue k**wn as 'Scary Lucy' is finally replaced
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The sculpture of Lucille Ball k**wn as "Scary Lucy" has officially terrified its last residents in Ball's hometown of Celoron, New York.
In its place is a new bronze statue (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-lucille-ball-statue-replacing-scary-lucy-916473?facebook_20160807) — this time wrought by sculptor Carolyn Palmer, who won a competition to create it last year.
SEE ALSO: Creepy statue of Lucille Ball will get a makeover from a new sculptor (http://mashable.com/2015/04/07/scary-lucy/)
The replacement comes after years of complaints that the original statue — which admittedly resembles a horror villain — was too "frightening." Even the original sculptor, Dave Poulin, didn't disagree.
"From the day of its installation, I have shared my disappointment in the final outcome and have always believed it to be by far my most unsettling sculpture," Poulin wrote in a letter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lucille-ball-statue-sculptor-apologizes-786633) to the Hollywood Reporter. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/06/scary-lucille-ball-statue/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The sculpture of Lucille Ball k**wn as "Scary Lucy" has officially terrified its last residents in Ball's hometown of Celoron, New York.
In its place is a new bronze statue (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-lucille-ball-statue-replacing-scary-lucy-916473?facebook_20160807) — this time wrought by sculptor Carolyn Palmer, who won a competition to create it last year.
SEE ALSO: Creepy statue of Lucille Ball will get a makeover from a new sculptor (http://mashable.com/2015/04/07/scary-lucy/)
The replacement comes after years of complaints that the original statue — which admittedly resembles a horror villain — was too "frightening." Even the original sculptor, Dave Poulin, didn't disagree.
"From the day of its installation, I have shared my disappointment in the final outcome and have always believed it to be by far my most unsettling sculpture," Poulin wrote in a letter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lucille-ball-statue-sculptor-apologizes-786633) to the Hollywood Reporter. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/06/scary-lucille-ball-statue/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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