Ezinye izakhamizi zaseConnecticut ziyashisa futhi ziyakhathazwa yisithombe sikaMarilyn Monroe esingamamitha angu-26 ebesibekiwe ngezingubo zangaphansi zesithonjana ngemuva sibheke ngqo esontweni.
Isifanekiso esikhulu esiyimpikiswano sebhomu le-blonde sifakwe eStamford Park kuleli sonto njengengxenye yombukiso wezobuciko edolobheni lonke. Kodwa-ke, ukuma kwenkanyezi yaseHollywood phambi kweSonto Lokuqala LaseStamford kwahlukumeza izilimi.
Isifanekiso sika 'Forever Marilyn', esenziwe nguSeward Johnson, siveza isithombe sodumo esivela kuThe Seven Year Itch lapho uMonroe azama khona ukubamba ingubo yakhe emhlophe njengoba umoya uqhuma phezulu kwi-subway grate. Phambilini ibikhonjiswe ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene e-United States, nase-Australia.
Ngemuva kwesifanekiso, okukhombisa izingubo zangaphansi zikaMonroe, kubonakala kahle phambi kwesonto, nokuyinto eyenze kwaba nokushaqeka ebandleni.
"Ukube uNkulunkulu ubenokuthile afuna ukukusho, mhlawumbe ubezothumela ibhawoti ngalo," ilungu lokuqala le-Congregational uMichael Dagostino utshele i-Stamford Advocate.
"Ukungahloniphi isonto," kusho uPam Riley, elinye ilungu lesonto, etshela iphephandaba. "Isiketi sakhe siphezulu futhi wonke umuntu ngaphansi ubheke isiketi sakhe."
Umfundisi we-First Congregational Church, uMfundisi uDkt Todd Grant Yonkman, uchaze le ngcezu njengokukhetha kwezobuciko okungajwayelekile. “UMarilyn Monroe ubengumculi obefanelwe ukuhlonishwa. Kungani kufaneleka isithombe sakhe ngale ndlela. Ingabe lokhu kungcono kakhulu esingakwenza? ”
"Mhlawumbe idolobha lingasivumela ukuthi simnikeze amabhulukwe?"
Iziphathimandla zedolobha kubikwa ukuthi sezithole izingcingo eziningi ezivela kumalungu esonto ekhala ngalesi sithombe, okubandakanya nemibiko yezingane ezikhuphuka emilenzeni yophawu locansi.
Kodwa-ke, uSandy Goldstein, umongameli weSifunda iStamford Downtown Special Services, okuyisikhungo esiphethe lo mbukiso, uthi impendulo yokufakwa kobuciko ibe yinhle kakhulu.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The back of the statue, showing Monroe's underwear, is clearly visible from the front of the church, which caused some consternation among the congregation.
- It has previously been displayed in a variety of locations in the United States, as well as in Australia.
- The controversial giant statue of the blonde bombshell was installed in Stamford Park this week as part of a citywide art display.
