Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Three Paul Giamattis peered down from an upstairs balcony.
Every pair of Giamatti eyes appeared to follow you around the room.
Beholding them was like a strange dream, or some sort of Giamatti genome-splicing experiment gone fascinatingly wrong.
In reality, the figures were Paul Giammatis from the shoulders up only.
There were rice balls, crab cakes, and an open bar, manned by a mystified bartender.
(At the time of writing, the petition has garnered more than 1,800 signatures.)
They hatched the idea immediately afterwards, Shaw told Vulture via email, over an intensive Red Lobster meal.
What Times Square is to New York, Paul is to the institution of acting itself.
No longer shall we remain silent.
This March, the campaign made it to national television.
The attendees on Sunday night appeared to agree with the sentiment.
She found out about the event on Facebook and ventured out from Long Island.
Hes a national treasure.
Hes such a great character actor.
He looks like he taught my English class in high school.
Hes just such an everyman.
Ronnie Wright, a photographer from the upper west side, has always been impressed with Giamattis performances.
Especially that thing he did,ThePlanet of the Apes?
I think he did a great job.
This is a movement for the underdog, said Bodurtha.
Or watched a loved one experience the same?
In those moments, are we not all wax statue-less Paul Giamattis?
I honestly think if Madame Tussauds had a Paul Giamatti statue the reaction would be,Thatguy!
Shaw told me later as the festivities wound down.
Its standing for something other than glamour and wannabe fame.
And he has humility.
Hed never ask for this for himself.
I mean, she said, motioning at the surrounding Giamattis, he never asked forthisfor himself.
It would be super-duper weird if he did.
