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Target Dog in House of Wax

Rather a strange choice to be the first dog immortalized in wax:

Bullseye,left, the familiar face of Target, poses with his wax figure Thursday, October 12, 2006 after he became the first animal to be immortalized in wax by Madame Tussauds New York.The iconic canines were on hand during an Adopt-A-Dog day held in conjunction with the American Kennel Club.

So... No Lassie, no Rin-Tin-Tin, or any other famous pooch. Instead, Tussauds decides to go with a commercial symbol. There's something creepy about that. It says a lot about the crass commercialization of every facet of our lives in this country, these days.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at October 13, 2006 05:14 AM