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posted January 17, 2023 04:59 AMHide Post
Now there’s a statue they should tear down.
 
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posted January 17, 2023 05:08 AMHide Post
It is a shame to have such a wonderful moment caught on film to be an interpretation that is so poorly done. At such a grand scale too!

Allentown, PA has a statue of those two walking together. Only cost them $1 million.

Statues of the Lehigh Valley – The Morning Call
https://www.mcall.com/news/loc...-20170823-story.html
 
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posted January 17, 2023 05:33 AMHide Post
Whoever did the granite did a good job. The bronze not so much.



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I thought it was an eel. Hahaha, that’s it? WTF!?
 
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I thought it was an eel. Hahaha, that’s it? WTF!?


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posted January 17, 2023 07:11 AMHide Post
It will look better sitting on 24's.


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posted January 17, 2023 07:52 AMHide Post
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There was one that to me, in a smaller pic, reminded me of images of someone with their head up their own ass:




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posted January 17, 2023 08:11 AMHide Post
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Whoever did the granite did a good job.

It's a weird world when the platform/background is better than the work itself, but there we are.
 
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posted January 17, 2023 08:38 AMHide Post
For a statue on public display, honoring someone, you shouldn't have to explain it. Or see another photo to understand what it's supposed to represent.

$10M? Is it gold clad? Full of diamonds?
 
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posted January 17, 2023 08:40 AMHide Post
One thing you can say is that does not have any Graffitti as of yet.
 
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posted January 17, 2023 09:18 AMHide Post
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For a statue on public display, honoring someone, you shouldn't have to explain it. Or see another photo to understand what it's supposed to represent.

$10M? Is it gold clad? Full of diamonds?


The statute itself was $99.95. The rest is shipping and handling.
 
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posted January 17, 2023 09:27 AMHide Post
Dimples seems to like it. Wonder if she hit on either of the women next to her?



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posted January 17, 2023 11:03 AMHide Post
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It looks to me like it was inspired by the movie 'Alien'.

I was thinking "Leviathan", but yeah it's terrible. Doesn't take much imagination at all to see a big dong there. Maybe they can sue the artist for being an idiot and recoup some of their money.
 
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posted January 17, 2023 11:45 AMHide Post
Looking at the photo and the statue based on it, this 'art' seems to celebrate MLK being a husband. Seems particularly insulting considering his documented serial philandry.




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posted January 17, 2023 11:52 AMHide Post
It also isn’t Coretta King Day. Should Mt Rushmore have a neighboring sculpted in the likenesses of the First Ladies?

Does the statue celebrate MLK or him and his wife which is odd knowing how many hookers he had sex with?

I know, I know, don’t let the truth get in the way.
 
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posted January 17, 2023 11:56 AMHide Post
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The statute itself was $99.95. The rest is shipping and handling.
And the sculptor laughed his ass off all the way to the bank.


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posted January 17, 2023 11:58 AMHide Post
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There was one that to me, in a smaller pic, reminded me of images of someone with their head up their own ass:




That's exactly what it reminded me of too.
 
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Oh I see a wiener alright, big bastard too. Big Grin





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I bet, For just another 10 mil, the artist would be willing to put some heads on it.
 
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