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It reminds me of the giant penis monster
"When it came out, a little boy pointed out — 'That's a p*!' and everyone was like, 'Yo, that's a big old d, man'," he told Compact.
"If you had showed that statute to anyone in the 'hood, they'd have been like, 'No, absolutely not'."

Early running for quote of the year LMFAO >

sea cucumber >

Huh...they're not wrong. That is one ugly statue. It says it's supposed to be the arms and shoulders of the couple, but even knowing that, it looks like it's just arms holding up a penis. Or a sea critter that was found at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, brought to the surface, went all blob-like, and is probably going to be known as the cockfish. >

309 pounds and 10 million dollars of masturbatory metal. >

Scott's cousin, Seneca Scott, slammed the statue saying it was "masturbatory."
"When it came out, a little boy pointed out — 'That's a p****!' and everyone was like, 'Yo, that's a big old d***, man'," he told Compact. >

Yeah, I feel like this was the artist more making this about themselves then about King >

At first I thought it was racially motivated, now that I’ve seen a picture I can agree that IS the ugliest thing ever >

2023 might bring the most unification to America in a long time. All through the hatred of a MLK statue, and Velma from Scooby Doo. And not for the reasons people think! >

Here's a pic of the Statue.
Just because you are creative, doesn't mean your work can't suck. Especially if it completely loses context with what its supposed to represent. >

Should just make a life-like statue of King, those seldom go wrong and everybody likes it. >

Better yet, if Dr King was ever in Boston for an event or what not, and they have pictures of him there, pose him in the most fitting manner from one of those hypothetical pictures. >

They did this from a picture of him and his wife there hugging. shit you not, well except the one being held. >

That's uhh. Pretty bad. >

It would be so much better if they included their heads. That’s literally all it needs! >

Why doesn't it have their heads? >

Hell if I know. 🤷‍♀️ Ask the artist. >

Just because you're "creative" doesn't mean anything you create is any good at all.
Just remember this was not a one person process, multiple full grown adults looked at this and thought "Yup that looks great and is worth $10mil" >

I mean, the Harry Caray statue looks like a zombie with kids being burned alive. I still think it's the ugliest. >

Hahaha what the fuck?! Why are they growing out of his leg stumps?!? >

If I were a Cubs fan, it would piss me off. >

How everyone is reacting. >

From another angle it also looks like a guy with a head up his own ass. This statue is unacceptably bad. >

“Titled "Embrace," the 20-foot high statue was unveiled in Boston on Saturday, January 14, in the U.S.' oldest city park, Boston Common.  Weighing 309 pounds, the statue sits on the site where the civil rights leader gave a speech on April 23, 1965.”
Regardless of whether it is ugly or not, how can a 20 foot high statue weigh only 309 pounds? Is it made out of marshmallow? If so, it’ll take care of itself after a couple of rains. >

It’s hollow. A thin metal shell. >

ah, easily removed then >

Didn't anybody check on it while it was being made? >

Fuck that, what about sketches? There should have been concept art of this thing which should have been seen before it even began to be built. >

Have you seen it?  This article is a good read, hilarious! >

That is one big pile of shit. >

An "artist" designed this. They were taking a dump at the time. >

I saw the post where a guy said it looked like someone holding Shaq's dong.
I couldn't disagree.
Melt it down and try again next year? >

I'd like to propose that all the statues of Robert E Lee are uglier, but for a different reason. >

looks like someone holding a big terd.. i have a dream that one day i can shit brown black >

Seriously, it looks like some kind of Lovecraftian entity or a Biblical angel and not in a good way. It’s beyond our comprehension and vaguely grotesque. It doesn’t do MLK Jr justice. >

It’s not good. 
And it’s certainly bad given who it’s to be a tribute to.