Rock of ages
A French museum has corrected the skin tone of a wax statue of Wayne The Rock
Johnson, after it was criticised for being too pale. This is in contrast to recent events when no correction was made to portrayals of Anne Boleyn and Cleopatra, which were criticised for being too dark.
Whether this is because lightening people of colour is unacceptable, whereas darkening people of white isn't; Johnson is still alive and can complain, while Anne and Cleo are long-dead and cannot; or simply because Johnson's much bigger and more intimidating than the sculptor, is a matter of conjecture. We shall probably never know.
But somebody's hyperbole module is on the blink at Beeb Towers. From the report itself, and previously on BBC News, it seems that Johnson's criticism of the model was well-measured, and even playful. It doesn't seem like he slammed
it at all.
If he had, it'd be tea lights by now.