"Premier cannot independenty verify that the human remains you are viewing are not those of persons who were incarcerated
in Chinese prisons..."
So say the presenters of "Bodies...the Exhibition," the controversial show--featuring cadavers, body parts, and organs--being presented here at Claypool Court. And they are saying it only after New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo came after them.
This week, Nuvo Newsweekly published a statement saying it refused to sponsor or promote the event because the individuals whose bodies are being used did not consent.
I'm interested in your thoughts on the matter.
I'm also interested in a mummy named Demitrios, who is part of the "To Live Forever" exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. As far as I know, Demitrois and his peers didn't give their consent to having their bodies on display in museums.
Is time the only real difference between the two?
So say the presenters of "Bodies...the Exhibition," the controversial show--featuring cadavers, body parts, and organs--being presented here at Claypool Court. And they are saying it only after New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo came after them.
This week, Nuvo Newsweekly published a statement saying it refused to sponsor or promote the event because the individuals whose bodies are being used did not consent.
I'm interested in your thoughts on the matter.
I'm also interested in a mummy named Demitrios, who is part of the "To Live Forever" exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. As far as I know, Demitrois and his peers didn't give their consent to having their bodies on display in museums.
Is time the only real difference between the two?
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Your comparison can’t be dismissed lightly; there is no doubt that the display of mummified human remains from antiquity may be seen to be controversial. For example, in 1970 president Anwar Sadat banned their display in the Egyptian Museum. They went back on view in 1995. It’s important to note, however, that ancient Egyptian human remains are shrouded from view in the exhibition “To Live Forever”, and the decoration enveloping them is what is on presentation, rather than the remains themselves. In addition, the mummies in the exhibition are not included gratuitously; it would be very difficult to stage an exhibition concerning ancient Egyptians’ burial practices without them.
Also, who knows who those bodies really are. It's been proven with this olympic mess that China doesn't always tell the truth. PS has anyone seen the documentary on HBO, China's Stolen Children? Disturbing in so many ways. It's absolutely appalling and heartbreaking.
Check out the video of the Chinese factory where these are made: http://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=bodies%20exhibit%20china&from=0&to=9&type=video
Does the Nuvo reporter have to visit the German Holocaust crematoriams to be able to write about the evil of the Nazis?
The evidence (or lack of it on Premier Exhibitions part) to refute that these bodies are not Chinese prisoners, that they died of natural causes, that the deceased or their family members gave consent for PE to publicly exhibit their bodies for hundreds of millions in profits, and that the bodies were legally and not fraudulently shipped into the USA.
To quote Rabbi Lewis Felstein: “I see a society that has turned death into entertainment. And what was once filled with love and hope and life and caring is just now the thing an audience can be entertained with.”
WCBR, if after bought your ticket to BTE and just when you were about to enter the exhibit they told you the bodies were actually plastic mannequins and not real humans, would you have still gladly paid your $25 and would you have thought it so educational, eye-opening and quite amazing?
IF that's the case, I'm sure Premier Exhibitions could have made plastic mannequins for a lot less. I'm assuming you work for a big corporation where profits (and particularly your share of those profits) is king.
At the time, the controversy was just coming to light, so we heard of the questionable origin only after we bought our tickets. Would I go now that I know more of their questionable origin? Probably not.