Madame Tussaud's should be niche, local celebrities
Summary
Madame Tussauds is the problem, according to a rider who thinks wax museums should feature "niche" local celebrities instead of A-listers. The donor kebab guy. Your plumber. The tube driver. Even "the guy who sells the stuff at the club." Kareem pushes back: most people will never meet Oprah in real life, so isn't that the whole point of having her wax figure available for selfies? The rider concedes but wants interesting artists included alongside Celine Dion. Kareem isn't having it. The conversation devolves into chaos when Kareem spots someone who looks like a wax version of himself, complete with props and strangers posing for photos.
Full Transcript
So, what's your take? I think the moment where we made Madame Tussauds a reasonable and acceptable form of activity is where a lot went wrong.
100% disagree.
If we're going to have it, let's have like a normal version, a niche version with people we know, like local celebrities, like the guy that makes donor kebabs or a taxi driver.
Yeah. The plumber, the the tube driver, the the bus driver, the guy who sells the stuff at the club.
What stuff?
If you know, you know, kind of stuff.
Yes. Or like the severely unemployed creatives. But those museums are there for selfies. So if I see the guy, I'm just going to say, "Hey dude, I really like you. Can I take a photo?" Most people aren't going to have the opportunity to meet Oprah,
right?
Or to meet uh Anderson Cooper or to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger, but then at least let's put the interesting people in the room with Celine Dion and the the interesting artist.
No, no one wants to take pictures with them because everyone that likes interesting artists is too cool.
I understand. And so what I'm saying is if I want a selfie with Oprah, I'm never going to get one unless I go to Madame Tussauds and go like this and take a picture with Oprah.
You look an awful lot like me. You look like the Madame Tussauds version of me.
That's why you don't want a wax museum because you look like me. Put these on.
Guys, come take a selfie with the wax museum version of Korea.
Hey guy, do you want a selfie with you want to take a photo with this? Do you want a selfie with this guy?
Hey, what a sexy guy.
So cool.
You're a really good actor.
I'm at the museum right now. Wait, stop acting. I think I think we lost him.