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The Oscar is universally recognized as a slender, golden icon that gleams with quiet dignity. Not so at one Hollywood street corner.
Now appearing at the busy Los Angeles inter section of Melrose and Highland is a billboard touting “The anatom ically correct Oscar.”
“He’s white and male, just like the guys who win!” says the billboard, which went up March 1 for a monthlong run. The pale, slightly pudgy, extremely hairy figure looks more like Oscar from The Odd Couple than the stoic Academy Award figure.
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