Male, female or neuter? Dome's statue keeps sex under wraps
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Your support makes all the difference.THE gigantic figure dominating the millennium Dome will "amaze and inspire" visitors, its designers said yesterday. As the debate continues over whether the figure will be male, female or gender-neutral, its creators said it was unlike anything before and predicted it would draw visitors to the controversial Greenwich exhibition.
A model of the figure, taller than the Statue of Liberty and bigger than Nelson's Column even sitting down, is due to be put on show next week when Tony Blair unveils plans for what will go inside the Dome. An early prototype model, revealed for the first time on Carlton's London Today programme, showed a vast reclining male with a baby kneeling at his feet.
Julian Pullan, managing director of the designers, HP ICM, said it would be a huge attraction for the 12 million visitors expected. "I think they should want to come to see it because nothing like this has ever been seen before. It's totally different from anything ever seen in a museum or a theme park."
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