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George Lucas Returns to Earth, Bearing Gifts

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  1. slg · · focus · HN ↗
    It truly is a one of a kind museum. You'll see some of the most famous art in the world from people like Norman Rockwell and Frida Kahlo on the same walls as a random strip from Doonesbury or The Far Side. You'll walk through a reproduction of the Sistine Chapel shortly before walking through a reproduction of the podrace from Phantom Menace. You'll go to the theater and see a 60+ year old experimental short film made without a camera by pressing moth wings into film and then a few minutes later they'll show an episode of Cowboy Bebop.

    It's such a bizarre and idiosyncratic collection that the museum itself inspires as much thought as the art in it.

    1. grehbies · · focus · HN ↗
      Spoiler warning.

      EDIT: Get it? For the Museum of Narrative Art?

      In all seriousness, I think I would have preferred the [Renaissance masterpiece] -> [Pop culture artifact] progression to have been a surprise. People seem to be more and more focused on expressing their own exuberance and less on preserving for everyone else the experience they put so much stock into. It's a bit selfish and hypocritical.

      I knew who Luke's father was years before I saw Empire, and I can only imagine what a shock that must have been to people who didn't. I can only imagine. It would have been nice to have known, though.

      1. Hugsbox · · focus · HN ↗
        Brother it's a museum, not the newest Marvel movie. There aren't "spoilers".
        1. grehbies · · focus · HN ↗
          Okay, since I'm presumably dealing with unimaginative programmer brain, how's this: I'm parameterizing "spoiler".
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