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| - First of all, and to be clear, I didn't had to pay for the exhibition. Maybe if I had I would not think what I think but I don't think so. People pay a lot more to see - say, in Harbourfront centre or in Canstage- irrelevant performers perform irrelevant shows reviewed by irrelevant journalists. If I mention journalist, it is because one of these 'instruits' - as my grand-father would say about any happy incompetent - from the star or the sun or another of these stellar newspapers, wrote that this exhibition reminded him of disneyland (this clever angle was by the way stolen from a NewYorker review concerning a totally different exhibition). Yes there is a door that opens automatically in an attempt to make the entrance to the exhibition exciting. Do you think, Pulitzer seed, that an automatic door is enough to transform anything into a disneyland ride, like the TTC for exemple? Because after this famous door closes (it also closes automatically, oh no!) it is very difficult to think you are in Kansas anymore - I mean in California or Florida.
Then there are those who complain that 'the big golden mask' on the poster is not here. It is not a mask on the poster! It has arms! do you think a mask would have arms? It is the coffinette on the poster. Sure it is small. What were you expecting? When you see an american apparel add in Dundas Square, do you really think the model is 15 feet high? Then there are those who complain that there is too much crowd, those who complain that there is not enough crowd, those who complain that they can't find the mummy of King Lear (or was it King Kong).
Instead of complaining, why not take the time to think that all that is displayed here is at least 3000 years old -some is 5000 years old- and look more recent and civilised than most of the stuff that is only a few century old. Aren't you stunned by this hand that is reaching from the past to show you glimpses of the most amazing attempt in man history to build a dam in the sand that successfully resisted the ever rising tide of the sea of chaos and entropy. Sure the Dead Sea Scroll was a great discovery and deserved to be seen in the ROM. But this is more than words. You can see the face of these people! You can actually see how they lived! You can even see the bed on which they slept! The jewels they wore! Even the toilets they sat on!
Go to this exhibition with a positive mind. Let yourself be touched rather than cynically indulging in easy criticism. Take your time (I spent 6 hours in the exhibition and I still have the feeling that I missed things). You'll be rewarded by an amazing journey through time. More than 3000 years back! No disneyland ride will offer you that. Ever.
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