As we stepped out of the subway station near Lincoln Center, as we do every Thursday, my daughter started to laugh delightedly. It took me a minute and then I saw it: a new piece of public art, a sculpture of a hippo wearing a tutu.
When I posted the picture to Facebook and asked my friends what fictional character they thought it reminded me of, I was surprised by the number of answers. While I had thought of Martha of George and Martha, dancing hippos are apparently everywhere - in Fantasia, in Sandra Boynton's work, and in Karma Wilson's Hilda Must Be Dancing.
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| Martha doing the Dance of the Happy Butterfly |
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| George in the studio |
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| George performing the Mexican Hat Dance |
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| Hilda disco-ing |
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| Hilda doing the flamenco |
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| Sandra Boynton's Dancing Hippos |
Dancing hippos are just funny. It makes sense. Large and unwieldy + graceful activity = funny.
And for good measure, one more hippo, not dancing this time, but still wreaking havoc and making readers laugh.
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