Statue Removed from French Town for Being Too Well Endowed

The government of the French town of Neuville-en-Ferrain commissioned a statue of Marianne, a traditional symbol of the French Revolution. After protests by the mayor and other residents, the statue was removed for having a little too much up top:

"It was making people gossip," said one town hall employee. "Remarks were made, during weddings for example."

Mayor Gerard Cordon persuaded councillors to approve 900 euros in this year's budget to buy a replacement, a more conventional bust of Marianne modelled on the statuesque French model Laetitia Casta.

The artist who made the rejected bust, Catherine Lamacque, said she gave it outsized breasts deliberately, "to symbolise the generosity of the Republic."


I suspect that had it been a full nude in the Academic tradition, no one would have noticed.

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What a dipstick. Mayor Gerard Cordon has some, ummm, "issues", no?

I hope he doesn't run across any women in real life that are amply endowed, lest he order off the street or out of the country.
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Funny. You wouldn't think the French would be so puritanical!

In the famous painting, Marianne has 1.5 boobs totally uncovered.

Women will sunbathe topless on holidays and the weekends in regular parks, even in the north.

Don't get this at all.
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As many have pointed out, France in general is far less breast-phobic than America, both in general outlook and in the arts. I think the issue here is not that there are breasts being shown, but that they are somewhat unrealistically large. I know there are women naturally so endowed and some of them may even be as slender as well, but I suppose the people of the town wanted a statue less unusually and distractingly proportioned.
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They took the statue down just because of some gossip? I would think that the gossip would be a good thing. Tourism is a huge industry in France and this big bosomed statue may be a draw! I know I'd go to see it.
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If the proportions are exaggerated, then it could offend one's artistic sensibilities, like comparing Venus de Milo to Barbie. It's probably more the neckline issue. Our "ideal" women should look a little less hot.

Otherwise, they're making mountains out of molehills. (someone had to say it)
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"I think the issue here is not that there are breasts being shown, but that they are somewhat unrealistically large."

Her breasts may be large, but they are by no means "unrealistically large". Seriously, go to the mall and look around and you'll see a fair number of women with similar proportions.
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Following your way of thinking, we could say that all Americans are obese gun toting idiots, German obsessional Nazis in disguise, Brits inbred alcoholics with bad teeth and so on...And I don't talk about darker skinned people or religious minorities, of course.
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I had no idea that you could buy a statue like that for 900 euros. I imagined it would cost $30-50 thousand, at least. Otherwise, why would statues be so rare? Any boutique at the mall that's trying to class up it's image could afford one.
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stephanie: "looks just like me."

My dear Stephanie, I regret to inform you that you are hereby banned from Neuville-en-Ferrain by an official order from Mayor Gerard Cordon.

"Stephanie has a little too much up top", said Mayor Cordon while signing the order sitting naked in a bathtub full of Jello, fondling an altar boy, "and it was making people gossip."
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