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72. From what I understand, the secret is Madame Tussaud's...!

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 12:22 PM

Mar 2013

They coat the corpse in beeswax, which can be tinted to handle very subtle variances in fleshtones and can make anything--a statue or a corpse--look very lifelike! It can also be used to fill in chunks that have caved in.

I think it's all quite barbaric. No one wants to be a stuffed toy for future generations. Mao, I am sure, would be appalled.

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Chavez body to go on permanent display [View all] El Supremo Mar 2013 OP

Eva Peron of Argentina? Cleita Mar 2013 #1

I think she was on "private" display. El Supremo Mar 2013 #4

Actually, she was moved around a lot between Spain and Argentina. Cleita Mar 2013 #8

Gross. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #2

Auto-Rec for macabre topic slackmaster Mar 2013 #3

Lol Jamastiene Mar 2013 #49

Ridiculous typical tinpot dictator stuff. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #5

Counterpoint: Vaya con Dios Hugo Chavez, Mi Amigo.... xocet Mar 2013 #7

oh, but you see, this article doesn't count, because palast refers to him as "mi amigo", and niyad Mar 2013 #20

No doubt... n/t xocet Mar 2013 #48

I don't know the economics... Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #22

Yup - cancer stopped him before he completely turned into Lenin or Mao dbackjon Mar 2013 #9

Do you ever have anything of substance to say? Or just blather and insults? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #26

I have plenty to say dbackjon Mar 2013 #31

Who did he kill? LeighAnn Mar 2013 #44

Chavez ran half the Jews out of the country... SkyDaddy7 Mar 2013 #54

Oh, that takes the cake. Sources please. 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2013 #85

I'm afraid there's evidence to support the comments. MADem Mar 2013 #87

Well, let me take a look at the links provided there... 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2013 #88

What did you think? That half the population didn't leave? MADem Mar 2013 #89

Sure, no problem... SkyDaddy7 Mar 2013 #92

His gangs supressed and murdered the opposition dbackjon Mar 2013 #58

Freudian typo is Freudian. 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2013 #90

I think he said all that needed to okieinpain Mar 2013 #47

well that is one explanation for why you all were so ridiculously wrong about chavez. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #63

blah blah blah frylock Mar 2013 #15

And so the Cult begins. bluedigger Mar 2013 #6

What a bizarre, macabre practice Travelman Mar 2013 #10

Really? It's no different than a lot of burial customs dating back to the ancient Cleita Mar 2013 #11

I have my daughter's ashes in my office CatWoman Mar 2013 #12

It's not unusual in South America for a VIP type of person to be embalmed and put Cleita Mar 2013 #16

I am sorry :( LeighAnn Mar 2013 #45

I think it's emblematic of a serious downside to Chavez's tenure cali Mar 2013 #50

Please tell me this isn't true. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #13

OK, it's not true. slackmaster Mar 2013 #14

How I admire someone who takes a good kick at someone when he's dead. Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #17

Who "took a kick" at him? Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #30

My "yuck" wasn't directed at Hugo. El Supremo Mar 2013 #34

Maduro is the one who made the announcement-- perhaps you might take it up with him. MADem Mar 2013 #39

And that's the news from Carcas, VZ Blue Owl Mar 2013 #18

Mao was "done" similarly harkonen Mar 2013 #19

why not stuff his head and put it above the mantel in the Ven version of the Oval Office f Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #21

Ewww obama2terms Mar 2013 #23

Here's an idea, why don't we just let the people of Venezuela figure out their own future. olddad56 Mar 2013 #24

Maybe he, Lenin, Stalin... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #25

So, people get pretty mad about cultural differences, huh? harmonicon Mar 2013 #27

Yeah, before watching Six Feet Under reorg Mar 2013 #28

I think this is nearly as extreme as you can get though. joshcryer Mar 2013 #37

are you actually suggesting this is a cultural norm? Because it is not. cali Mar 2013 #51

It depends by what you mean by "norm." harmonicon Mar 2013 #57

It certainly falls out of Latin American burial norms. joshcryer Mar 2013 #66

I would assume it was Chavez's wish to be displayed Bay Boy Mar 2013 #76

He was quite opposed to the "living bodies" display. joshcryer Mar 2013 #79

You should stop worrying.... CanSocDem Mar 2013 #62

A DUer comments on an unelected "Vice President" stuffing a dead leader and displaying him like MADem Mar 2013 #64

gee, honey, I hate to break this to such a towering intellect but cali Mar 2013 #69

Well then, I'm glad you're not "worried"... CanSocDem Mar 2013 #75

double yuck. 840high Mar 2013 #29

I don't get religion. Throd Mar 2013 #32

Chavez is a Roman Catholic and this has nothing to do with that faith. This is a secular thing. MADem Mar 2013 #71

That was my point. We are witnessing the birth of a new religion. Throd Mar 2013 #73

It's not a new religion--it's a rehash of cults all over--Mao, Ho, Lenin, Stalin, Evita... MADem Mar 2013 #74

Stalin is buried now... I'm surprised Chavez didn't address this in a will. David__77 Mar 2013 #33

Who says he didn't? nt onehandle Mar 2013 #41

He ordered the "human bodies" exhibit to be shut down: joshcryer Mar 2013 #42

Oh jeeeez. It's humid down that way. They'd better make sure they have plenty of generator power MADem Mar 2013 #35

Completely agree. joshcryer Mar 2013 #36

Ewwww! Psephos Mar 2013 #38

i know an excellent taxidermist they can use. octothorpe Mar 2013 #40

I guess this is the result of megalomania. Double & triple yuk!!! Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #43

On mummification: moondust Mar 2013 #46

Wow....that's fucking disgusting. Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #52

Joke: Lenin on his death bead to Stalin. joshcryer Mar 2013 #67

eww.... Bay Boy Mar 2013 #77

Like Lenin? I've seen him... Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #53

From what I understand, the secret is Madame Tussaud's...! MADem Mar 2013 #72

Follow the link on message a#46 Bay Boy Mar 2013 #78

I will not be adding "See the embalmed Chavez" to my bucket list. yellowcanine Mar 2013 #55

And when a Venezuelan Sulla takes over I guess he'll get dumped in the river AngryAmish Mar 2013 #56

This is a bit much. Third Doctor Mar 2013 #59

Morbid. Beacool Mar 2013 #60

Ugh. 47of74 Mar 2013 #61

To those snickering at this decision to go this route with the body, please read: Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #65

Interesting that you quote Bocaranda. joshcryer Mar 2013 #68

I don't think most people are snickering--they're appalled at his corpse being turned into MADem Mar 2013 #70

I think we should do this for Reagan! >> El Supremo Mar 2013 #80

They should put an apple in his mouth Zorro Mar 2013 #81

lol n/t Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #83

Acting Venezuela Leader Says It Is Unlikely Hugo Chavez Can Be Embalmed for Long-Term Viewing Bosonic Mar 2013 #82

Doubts over Chavez's permanent display Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #84

Good! Dust to dust... El Supremo Mar 2013 #86

He's beep-beep-beeping, he's backing up so fast! MADem Mar 2013 #91