In line for a letdown
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In summer 1978, I suffered the mummy’s curse when I nearly fainted in the stuffy, overcrowded heat of the first King Tut show at LACMA [“Curse of the Blockbuster?” May 22].
Fortunately, I’m tall enough so I could see over the many heads to enjoy the art at the Van Gogh show, but the bad part was the annoying buzz from people with their museum headsets turned up too loud.
In recent years I’ve been favoring smaller, less-crowded exhibits. I appreciate the value of all of the artifacts, but if the Tut show promotes itself as a blockbuster event, yet doesn’t include the king’s beautiful burial mask, it’s not worth the $30. It sounds like the curse of the lackluster to me. Judging by Mike Boehm’s article, Steve Martin had it right when he paid homage to Tut by placing a blender at his feet.
Lucy Eidenbock
Monrovia
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