Living Statues

We’ve all seen them in busy shopping streets and parks, or in front of monuments and tourist attractions: street performers posing as statues. Some whistle when you pass by, some move when you give them money. Some do it as a career, others between jobs. But whatever the case, being a living statue takes guts, strength, creativity and yes, a good deal of exhibitionism.

Environmental Graffiti has photos of 15 living statues, some you'd never know until they moved! Link -via Unique Daily

Bronze man is sleepy.

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did anyone else the one where some pranksters put a real stature that looked like a living statue in a busy town square and left it with a pot for money? they made loads for doing nothing

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should say did anyone else "see" the one...

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Paul, That's the TV show The Chaser, and I think you can still find clips of the show on YouTube.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaser

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Not to be all negative, but people that do this creep me out almost as badly as clowns do. Yeah, and mimes. They just make me feel violent.

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Seriously EB... a mime is a terrible thing to waste.

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Not unless you use an AK. ;)

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Seeing the picture, I thought this was a real statue! Usually these are terrible looking, but several of these aren't bad.

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I must say that is a good paint job, much better quality than the average street performer.

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Gauldar! Bad puns?? To the cellar with you!

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Meh "living statues" never impress me really. There's very few original ones and all they're doing is standing still.

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Some of these are kind of creepy...

I wonder how you go about your life thinking about how you're going to pretend to be a statue for money...

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I once saw a living statue that was very interesting, because he was missing an arm. I mean he had dressed up as a statue that had had its right arm cut off by vandals. I suppose he didn't have a right arm in the first place, but he'd fashioned a bronzed half-arm to wear that looked very much like a statue's arm hacksawed through just above the elbow.

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GASP!

There's a picture of THE PURPLE MAN!

I was going to mention this Purple Man that my family and I saw in York, and that my dad took a good picture of and then proceeded to come home and make The Purple Man the Blue Man or the Green Man or the Rainbow Man via Photoshop.

:D

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What a great idea.
Paint up the bums and instant art.
No more squalor.

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Nothing but exhibitionist panhandlers.
Get a real job

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Wouldn't be cool if there was a "living" version of Gaston Lachaise's "Heroic Woman"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standing_woman2.jpg

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There is a fellow by Eaton Centre here in Toronto dressed up like a Cowboy. Dude does it even when it's cold! Then there is the lady who dressed up like an Angel on Bloor and Yonge St...though I haven't seen her since Winter began.

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@Paul & Gauldar - Chas Licciardello did it best 8)

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umm, I wasn't trying for an emoticon, but I guess it works

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Anybody see "Hot Fuzz"? The Living Statue man in that town met a sorry fate.

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Crusty jugglers!

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Sorge,

Dayyyym! Baby got back!

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never really cared for living statues as they are not all that entertaining.
prefer street bands or entertainers doing tricks.

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Hi, how are you? Does anyone know how I can contact someone whose job is to pose as a living statue. I would really appreciate it if you know someone in the Toronto Region. Thanks.

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