Mayor-For-Life Marion Barry continues to amaze us. Not only is he utterly untouchable by the long hand of the law, but he is an amazing politician; he just keeps getting elected to practically anything for which he’s run. Now, he’s even won a race he wasn’t actively campaigning for: Barry (or his likeness, rather) was selected to fill the last slot at the forthcoming Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Penn Quarter.
The museum, which will open on October 1 at 10th and F streets NW, took to the D.C. streets to ask passers-by who they’d like to see in the museum. In a news story on NBC4, the museum’s manager said Barry won “by a landslide” over his nine competitors: Cal Ripken, Jr., Al Gore, Denzel Washington, Carl Bernstein, Halle Berry, Martin Sheen, Marilyn Monroe, Oprah Winfrey, and Nancy Reagan. Well of course he won! Who would you rather see immortalized in wax: waifish ex-first lady, bouffanty newspaperman, or your own infamously coked up Mayor?
This confirms our faith in the citizenry of Washington, who we are convinced continue to elect Barry “just to see what will happen.” It’s clear that anyone with a kernel of humor would, if asked to pick, immediately answer Marion. What could be awesomer? The sheer hilarity is reward enough, just like supporting Ron Paul for President.
We wait excitedly for the scenes Tussaud’s will choose for Hizzoner. Will it be in the courtroom defending himself from drunk driving charges? Will it be in the courtroom defending himself from tax evasion charges? Or will he be “set up” in a re-creation of a Vista Hotel suite? Whatever the situation, here’s hoping they fill his wax statue with delicious sugary liquid.
Photo from dbking.
