肌の色薄い、Ｄ・ジョンソンさんのろう人形修正　仏クレバン

【ロサンゼルスＡＦＰ＝時事】フランス・パリのグレバンろう人形館は２３日、米俳優ドウェイン・ジョンソンさん本人から肌の色が薄いとの指摘を受け、ろう人形を急きょ修正していると明らかにした。（写真は米俳優ドウェイン・ジョンソンさん。米ハリウッドで）
　「ザ・ロック」のニックネームで知られ、サモア系とアフリカ系の両親を持つジョンソンさんは先週末、インスタグラムで、ろう人形について冗談交じりに言及した。
　「パリの人形館に連絡を取り、自分のろう人形の重要な詳細と改善点の『アップデート』をお願いしようと思う。まずは肌の色だ」と投稿した。
　グレバンは２３日、ＡＦＰに対し、担当職員がジョンソンさんのろう人形の「修正」をしていると明らかにした。２４日朝にも修正済みの人形が展示される予定だという。
　グレバンのイブ・デロム最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）は「ファンの期待にもっと沿えるよう、職員が夜間に対応している」と説明した。また、肌の色が薄く見えたのは照明の問題で、照明も再調整しているという。
　グレバンは先週、宣伝のためにジョンソンさんのろう人形をＳＮＳで公開。これに対し、ジョンソンさんのファンから嘲笑や怒りの声が上がっていた。
　米コメディアンのジェームズ・アンドレ・ジェファーソン・Ｊｒさんは、「英サッカー元代表のデービッド・ベッカムに似てる。王室の一人みたいだ」とジョークを飛ばした。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/10/24-17:02）

A French museum said Monday it is working urgently to fix a much-derided waxwork of Dwayne The Rock Johnson after the US actor complained about its pale skin tone.
Johnson, who is of Samoan and Black origin, took to Instagram this weekend to joke about the Grevin Museum's botched wax figure, which appeared to depict him with white skin, and bears only a vague likeness to his features.
For the record, I'm going to have my team reach out to our friends at Grevin Museum, in Paris, France, so we can work at 'updating' my wax figure here with some important details and improvements -- starting with my skin color, wrote Johnson, best known by his stage name The Rock.
On Monday, the museum told AFP that staff were reworking the wax figure, and that an updated version would be reinstalled Tuesday morning.
They're going to work all night on it so that it's more in line with fans' expectations, Yves Delhommeau, the museum's director, said in a statement.
Crews will work through the night to ensure the likeness is more in keeping with the expectations of his fans.
We're also going to reconfigure the lighting because there was a lighting issue that was having the effect of lightening his skin.
Johnson will come see us later on to see if there are other modifications that need to be made.
The figure of Johnson was unveiled on social media last week by the Grevin Museum, which draws nearly 800,000 visitors a year.
But a photo intended to promote the new statue drew an outcry from Johnson's fans, ranging from bemusement to anger.
One commenter said the figure looked like an Eastern European plumber.
Why would you white wax (wash) him? wrote another.
Comedian James Andre Jefferson Jr. released an online video mocking the statue, prompting Johnson to respond.
Jefferson said in the video that The Rock was being made to look like former England soccer star David Beckham or part of the Royal family.
I'm low-key offended, said Jefferson.
In 2018, the museum drew similar mockery for an unflattering figure of French President Emmanuel Macron.
Producing a Grevin sculpture takes six months and costs 50,000 to 60,000 euros ($60-70,000).