The Wilma Theater is installing a huge new marquee today. Am I the only person who thinks it looks….um….somewhat phallic? Especially given its positioning on the building, somewhere around the waistline? Pointing upward? Brilliant red?
Supposedly this is a reproduction of the building’s original marquee from way back. So it’s a historical phallus, no less!
12 responses so far ↓
1 Chris // Mar 26, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I’m glad to see there is a new marquee; it’s good the new owners aren’t just dicking around when it comes to the remodel. Er. . . .
2 Signs of the times « 4&20 blackbirds // Mar 26, 2008 at 2:11 pm
[...] March 26, 2008 in AbortionTags: Missoula, Montana, the Wilma Walking back and forth across Higgins Bridge today, I watched the raising of the Wilma’s new sign – a retro throwback that looks great, but sort of reminded me of something. Joe Nickel points out exactly what that something is on his blog, nickellbag. [...]
3 Rebecca // Mar 26, 2008 at 2:30 pm
It looks like a vibrator with friction problems. Ow! Ow! Ow!
4 Patia // Mar 26, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Now they just need to install a Chapel of the Love for X-rated showings.
5 Lori // Mar 27, 2008 at 11:15 am
Joe, I agree – I prefer to call it Missoula’s own cockamamy story:
“Angry red penis meets Lawrence of Arabia”
6 JC // Mar 27, 2008 at 11:55 am
Haha. Podger’s piece in the Missoulian today is the icing on the cake:
“a retro Wilma sign dangled…”
“pouring their energies… into the historic building.”
“I’m nervous. This is the first piece that is going up…”
“a direct entrance to the street.”
7 Patia // Mar 27, 2008 at 2:45 pm
We need a name for it.
The Wilma Wanger?
The Missoula Member?
8 Missoula: Diverse? Hungry? Both? // Mar 27, 2008 at 2:50 pm
[...] Western Montana 360 ← New sign erected [...]
9 Brad Tyer // Mar 27, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Love that guy in the background drilling the facade…
10 Chris // Mar 27, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Peder Theater?
11 Thom // Apr 5, 2008 at 7:46 am
Who did the ink on the shaft? Nice job with the needle. Wilma must be a very special gal.
12 M // Apr 12, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Wow. Right when I was leaving town the sign was coming down…now look what I have to return to in the summer! That is a full on penis welcoming people to downtown.
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