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Broke & Bougie
Crack Up at the Laughing Men
Fourteen three-metre bronze men frozen in full hysterical laughter, open 24/7, and required by inscription to bring you joy.
Broke & Bougie
Fourteen three-metre bronze men frozen in full hysterical laughter, open 24/7, and required by inscription to bring you joy.
At the corner of Denman and Davie, fourteen three-metre bronze men stand in Morton Park, every single one of them mid-full-body hysterical laugh: gaping grins, squeezed-shut eyes, belly-forward like they've heard the funniest thing in the world. Beijing artist Yue Minjun made them, and the effect on real humans is immediate and slightly embarrassing. You will laugh. It cannot be helped. The good news is there's no one to see you do it except your date, which is not really the bad news it sounds like. It's open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year-round, no fee, no gate. An inscription asks the sculpture to 'inspire laughter, playfulness and joy,' which is a very good brief for a date. Strike a matching pose, take the best worst photo of your lives, then walk it off along English Bay for the free sunset chaser.
