George Lucas' L.A. museum is a titillating 'Veep' reference
This is obviously accidental, but the resemblance is stunningly close.
The George Lucas-conceived Museum of Narrative Art just got approval to break ground in Los Angeles, and the artist rendering of architect Ma Yansong's building looks a little familiar. Especially if you're a Veep fan.
The HBO series' sixth season, which concluded on Sunday, delivered a look at Selina Meyer's long-in-the-making Presidential Library. See it for yourself and compare it to the Lucas museum (above).
If you're not caught up on Veep, you're probably wondering why this is so funny. I'll let the words of President Meyer's daughter-in-law, Marjorie Palmiotti, tell the story:
"It looks like a vagina, ma'am."
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That was Marjorie's immediate observation when she first saw the model; after that, Selina's "vagina museum" turned into something of a running joke for the rest of the episode. That little building at the top of the model is her... uhhhhh... crypt.
The Lucas museum's design falls so stunningly close that Mashable's Veep faithful IMMEDIATELY spotted the resemblance when the image surfaced in our group chat. Now you can see it for yourself -- never to be unseen! -- and laugh along with us.
Also: props to Jason Ward, of MakingStarWars.net, for making the Veep connection even before we did.
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