Cultural Expressions Gone Oops!
Mar. 31st, 2007 07:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vervain13First I heard about:
The confectionary Christ infuriated Catholics, including Egan, who described it as ''a sickening display.'' The sculpture was to debut Monday, the day after Palm Sunday. AP
But what really topped it was:
Just how crazy has this world become?
Chocolate Jesus bites the dust
March 31, 2007
NEW YORK -- A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was canceled Friday after Cardinal Edward Egan and other outraged Catholics complained.
The ''My Sweet Lord'' display was shut down by the hotel that houses the Lab Gallery in midtown Manhattan. Roger Smith Hotel president James Knowles cited the public outcry for his decision.
"My Sweet Lord," a chocolate statue by artist Cosimo Cavallaro of a naked Jesus in New York.
(AP)
(AP)
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• AP video: Chocolate Jesus causes uproarBut what really topped it was:
Just how crazy has this world become?
