Whose bodies?
Published: Tue, Apr. 17, 2007 12:00AM
Modified Tue, Apr. 17, 2007 03:20AM
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close"Bodies: The Exhibition" may reveal intricacies in the human form, but what it conceals is gruesome.
Many of the bodies come from China, with its robust and largely unregulated market in human parts. Whether these people were executed prisoners, a possibility, or the poor, unclaimed at morgues, hardly matters. It's not clear who they are or whether they gave permission to be put on display and turned into cash corpses.
Some reputable museums have declined to host the show, meaning that it has crawled to the Las Vegas strip and value-free zones such as the Streets at Southpoint.
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If you truly value human beings, vote with your feet against this show.
Robin Kirk
Durham
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