Someday We'll Be Together

I forgot to mention that Vicky and I went back to the V&A on Tuesday!  There was a slight delay when we got on the Circle Line to South Kensington because of "an incident with a passenger under the car."  No joke.  That's how they phrased that.  

We basically did the bottom floor (meaning all of Asia) and the Mary Wilson exhibit.  The Supremes exhibit was awesome for the clothes that they had on display, but it was strange how they situated it within the context of social change.  While I know that Motown was big because it brought "black music" to the forefront 

when Barry Gordy founded it and it was significant for its cross cultural appeal, I thought that placing the Supremes next to Martin Luther King, Jr. and the whole Civil Rights Movement was strange.  The exhibition kind of failed to link the two together.  Nonetheless, it was really cool to see the clothes and hear the music.  How could you not love it?  I also didn't know that Mary Wilson was pretty much the only constant Supreme from the beginning.  Cray cray.  In the first picture is the loaf of Wonderbread that the Supremes had their picture put on in order to sell vouchers for people to enter the Annual Motown Talent 

Contest in 1965.  They had the clothes they wore on several album covers, performances--notably when they performed for the Queen of England, and from post-Diana days.  Of course, though, they didn't just have the dresses they wore!  They also had the headpieces, WIGS!, and shoes.  So cute: all the shoes had the name of their owner written inside.  All in all, it was an interesting exhibit.  Vicky and I had fun with it.  Even though it was a bit small. 

Also, there were these two women who reminded me of Edina and Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous as they basically pressed their noses up to the cases and sang and danced along to all the songs.  

Afterwards we walked down the street to the Science Museum since it was free and we had a few hours left.  It wasn't my favorite museum, but I wasn't expecting it to be.  We actually spent a lot of time in what I think was meant to be the children's section, but it was still legit.  It basically talked about identity and genetics and

whatnot.  That was interesting.  I've also got to mention that they had one part about gender and how children learn their roles socially.  God bless the Science Museum for making little feminists everywhere!  They also had this trophy for the winner of the British Swearing Tournament Challenge.  Amazing.  That cat on the right has seven toes.  Trippy.  Anyway, after we poked around this floor for a bit, Vicky and I climbed the stairs two stories up (about 60 stairs) to "The Future."  If that was the future, I'm ending things now!  When we got up there, people were basically playing video games where you had to direct someone to a toilet.  I'm not kidding.