A Day at the Museum

I’ve never understood the appeal of going to see a tribute band. To me, it always seemed like it was about as much fun as going to an art museum that was filled with nothing but fakes. I haven’t changed my mind on this, but now I've found something even more pointless.

Apparently, there is a wax museum now open in Boston. I wonder how the proprietors of this establishment went about determining that this would be a good investment.

Am I completely out of the loop? Not being on the cusp of wax museum-style entertainment, I'm wondering if there was some kind of demand for this that I'm completely unaware of. I'm assuming that the people running this thing are professionals, so I'm sure they've done their research. And I guess, now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that when it comes to culture, Boston has indeed been lacking in the wax museum category.

But I have about zero interest in seeing any living and/or breathing "real" celebrities and I have even less interest in seeing any dead ones. And even less interesting than that is the idea of spending a day looking at attempts to semi-replicate in wax, the living/breathing/dead celebrities - no matter how well done (or not) they are. I can't think of anything more boring than spending a day looking at wax replicas of celebrities.

Maybe this is just one more indication that I'm getting old. Maybe all the kids these days are going to wax museums and I'm just not "hip to the scene," as they say.

Anyway, I went back and reread the article and I just noticed that it mentions that only half of the museum is dedicated to what it calls, "titans of the entertainment industry." Apparently, the other half of the museum is "dedicated to more academic figures." So, I guess I was wrong. There is something even more boring than looking at wax replicas of celebrities.