Botero family wanders downtown
A non-enviable party of people dressed up as Botero characters are wandering around downtown. Are they there to warn us against overeating?
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MarcG 11:36 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
If you could illustrate an anglo saying “tear-asses” instead of “terraces” that is what I would put on the anglo-Montrealer flag discussed earlier.
EmilyG 12:26 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
One time Ryan Stiles (of Whose Line Is It Anyway) was in Montreal and he joked abut “tear-asses.”
EmilyG 12:28 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
I hadn’t heard of Botero, but I looked up his paintings and realized he’s the guy whose paintings I sometimes see in internet memes. (Though I wouldn’t have made the connection to the actual costumed people.)
Kate 12:30 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
Fernando Botero‘s stuff has been poster fodder for years. I’ve never seen the attraction myself, but a lot of people must do.
Blork 12:38 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
I spotted some real life Botero people at Venice Beach a few years ago:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGsr-SjneI4/
dwgs 13:06 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
Getting pretty close to clowns…
walkerp 13:12 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
There is a Botero statue of a man on a horse on the front lawn of a mansion on Maplewood Avenue in Outremont. My child was laughing about their bums on the way to camp yesterday. Interesting synchronicity of timing!
JaneyB 14:38 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
Strange and yes, very close to clowns lol. Mind you, those sales numbers are pretty alarming, actually worse than I thought.
If they want families to come downtown, they’re going to need to say loud and clear: ‘Parking is Free’ and ‘very clean toilets are available’. Many people are very anxious about the metro and public transit in general right now. That would help.
mare 14:42 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
It’s a warning against global warming. It must be unbearable wearing foam fat-suits In our current humid and hot weather.
Uatu 18:09 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
I dunno but they creep me out. They’re like some kind of robots that’ll turn against and kill all the humans in an episode of Black Mirror
Kevin 20:24 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
Absolutely everyone I know who has seen these photos is horrified, scared, and wondering what on Earth Tourism Montreal and the city of Montreal is doing.
My children wanted to know why Montreal wanted people to stay away.
EmilyG 20:31 on 2020-07-29 Permalink
They don’t even really look like his paintings. The costumes are weirder and creepier and less human-looking.
Also, on Toxique Trottoir’s page about these costumes of theirs, they mention that the costumes are supposed to evoke both sensuality and childhood memories. Umm, eww.