All-seeing Eye
Monday, May 28th, 2012 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanI saw this in today's Metro and to be frank, I wasn't sure whether it was a joke or not, the Olympic mascot, Wenlock, dressed as a London Bobby:
I wondered if was it just me, or whether there really is something vaguely unsettling about the baleful glare of the unblinking eye? Rather than it being a piece of fun memorabilia, it somehow encapsulates the darker side of the organisation behind the Olympics, the one that is enforcing bizarre strictures on advertising, trading and dress codes.
I think it's brilliant, but not for any of the reasons that I suspect were in the minds of the designers...
It is available on Amazon, here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Olympic-Mascots-Wenlock-Policeman-Figurine/dp/B005HP1UHK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
Take five minutes out to read the reviews. It seems that I needn't have worried; other people think it's freaky, too. I am so tempted to get one, either this, or can you believe, there's a plush variant..?
I wondered if was it just me, or whether there really is something vaguely unsettling about the baleful glare of the unblinking eye? Rather than it being a piece of fun memorabilia, it somehow encapsulates the darker side of the organisation behind the Olympics, the one that is enforcing bizarre strictures on advertising, trading and dress codes.
I think it's brilliant, but not for any of the reasons that I suspect were in the minds of the designers...
It is available on Amazon, here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Olympic-Mascots-Wenlock-Policeman-Figurine/dp/B005HP1UHK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
Take five minutes out to read the reviews. It seems that I needn't have worried; other people think it's freaky, too. I am so tempted to get one, either this, or can you believe, there's a plush variant..?
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Date: 2012-05-28 12:47 pm (UTC)