An Invisible Penis Complaint

If Juan Pablo Di Pace wanted to set himself up for a good old fashioned online mocking then he has scored a corker here with a World class example of taking yourself too seriously in the trouser department.

Di Pace complained - through his lawyer no less - that his penis had been air brushed out of a poster advertising Verdi's Rigoletto for the UK's Royal Opera House - thus causing them to stop using this picture. Lets just remind ourselves that this was a a picture made him look like he had no penis what so ever, would he have minded if the opposite was true one wonders?

"In his letter the lawyer expressed a concern that, to Juan's embarrassment, his penis had been airbrushed out."

"We explained in our correspondence with him that we had legal reasons why we had to do that because we are not allowed to display posters with nudity."

said a Royal Opera House spokesman.

The offending picture featured him nude supported by a woman in the centre of a busy scene. In posters for the show, which appeared at London Underground stations, the actor's modesty was covered by a cloak (featured), while in brochures and leaflets his penis disappeared entirely.

If his lawyers intervention is not asking for everyone to try and view his 'no penis shot 'online I have no idea what is. Now people around the World are wondering if unknowingly the ROH discovered his archilles heel and are googling 'missing penis poster' like crazy? I vote yes they have discovered it and he is bang to rights. Of course had it just let it go then I doubt even the most desperate would have studied the poster enough in... erm... specific areas.

Of course the ROH are above such things, but wouldn't YOU just be tempted to ensure the image, and story, spreads like crazy online. In fact the image is surprisingly hard to find and I could only locate the cloaked penis version.

Tee Hee :-)