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Lucas Museum opens beside LA Coliseum with Star Destroyer

The new Los Angeles museum sits beside the Memorial Coliseum, and the Post critic argues it deflates stuffy gallery culture; visitors are told to bring patience.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Lucas Museum has opened in Los Angeles, and the New York Post says an Imperial Star Destroyer has touched down next to the Memorial Coliseum.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Post's critic says it takes a light saber to pretentious art museums, and urges readers to force themselves to go.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA museum where nobody whispers and nobody feels stupid for not understanding the sculpture.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI think it's a gift to anyone who's ever squinted at a blank canvas.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorForce yourself to go. That's the review? Even the Post admits it's a chore.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's a Star Destroyer.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorExactly, Hank. Parking will be a nightmare, and I can't wait.

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