A new statue of Victoria Wood looks more like these 11 people than it looks like her
9.
Not sure how a statue of Peter Tork from the Monkees honours Victoria Wood but there you go… https://t.co/odPb8axfcj
— Peter Smith (@Redpeter99) January 26, 2019
10.
Isn't that Davy Jones? pic.twitter.com/GMd3riMrCD
— Anthony Parkes (@Exponent69) January 26, 2019
11.
It’s Ringo pic.twitter.com/gOlLbyjufN
— Col Armstrong (@CArmogeddon) January 26, 2019
Not everyone could work out who it looked like, but some still had opinions to share.
Why are all statues of comedians nothing like them? https://t.co/NmJJsoB4Yk
— Louis Barfe (@AlanKelloggs) January 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/BrianSpanner1/status/1089197139601866752
https://twitter.com/ythos/status/1088943220032184320
Hello? Acorn Antiques, Miss Babs speaking. I’d like to return a faulty statue… byyyye 👋🏼 pic.twitter.com/Egv0VN18fK
— Peter Bates (@PeterBates66) January 26, 2019
One clever Twitter user imagined Victoria’s own reaction.
The Ballad of the sculptors, Barry & Freda
Let's do it, let's do it, a statue of Victoria Wood
Go native,
Creative,
We'll make sure that the likeness is good.
Cheers, Bury!
More Sherry.
Sorry about the monument to Grayson Perry! (hic!)
Let's do it, let's do it tonight.— Storm Garelli (@StormGarelli) January 26, 2019
Perhaps laughter was the real monument all the time.
H/T: BBC