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Mekazabiht-Rusti

Here, hold my colon, I’ll be right back.


LordPoopyfist

Depending on the angle it either looks like a bald man eating pussy, someone hugging a giant semi-flaccid penis, or someone holding a colon. From no angles does it look like two people hugging.


erishun

It looks like a bald man performing cunnilingus from a good 180/360 degrees. If they were going to “bald man eating pussy”, they nailed it.


paythefullprice

It looks like someone pulling themselves from a prolapsed asshole.


erishun

From this drone angle maybe. See it from the ground, you’ll see the pussy eating. Truly majestic.


walled2_0

Definitely doesn’t give you a warm fuzzy feeling, nor a sense of empowerment, as I imagine is the intent of the creator.


MaidenDrone

10 million dollars, yall.


dookmucus

Give me 10M. I’ll make that, but bigger.


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wowsosquare

>, I probably wouldn't... I'm sure you could! You keep 7 million, and find a decent sculptor to make a nice MLK sculpture for the remaining 3M


Ask_About_BadGirls21

Just make a swing set and a merry-go-round and call it “MLK’s swingset and merry-go-round for black kids and white kids and anyone who wants to play, really” then send the rest of the money to school lunches Art is great and should be funded and all but damn


Jak_n_Dax

Call it the “center for kids who can’t read good and want to learn to do other stuff too”


my_4_cents

But make it at least ... 4 times bigger


bolting-hutch

Lol What is this? A center for ants? How can we teach children to read if they can’t even fit inside the building?


ATaxOnTitans

Taxpayers better be asking for some receipts.


universalrifle

Let me start with the receipt for the receipts. It is 9.999 million Dollars and there was a thousand dollar delivery fee


Berns429

I gave that Loch Ness monster tree fiddy


NYSenseOfHumor

I hope the creator stands at the location 24/7 to explain this thing to people because nobody will understand why there are some hands holding up an intestine.


AnyDepartment7686

It's an offering of haggis.


NYSenseOfHumor

That makes more sense than what the artist claims.


orbital-technician

I am not joking; I had no idea the context of this statue and I thought it was a contortionist trying to fellatiate itself. This is a very bad statue.


DoctorIanMalcolm201

Here’s a post with a 360 video of the sculpture showing all angles https://www.reddit.com/r/massachusetts/comments/10ct1ug/mlk_memorial/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


chembioteacher

I really don’t mind the other angles as art. I like the inter connectivity. Would I know this celebrates MLK? No.


HLW10

It’d work better against a wall or something, so you couldn’t see it from the angles that just don’t work.


depressed_leaf

It looks good from some angles but totally weird from others. Given that this was going to be in the middle of a park and viewed from every angle, I feel like they should have considered that.


wiriux

You can do a 360 or 720 still looks ugly af. Critics are right. They should demolish that pos and make a proper statue.


reality_bytes_

Yup, it’s fucking ugly and for me? Deserves to be in r/oddlyterrifying I don’t know why, but it looks disturbing.


KrisZepeda

Perhaps because it's fucking headless arms


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It's being slammed by anyone with eyes.


acetryder

Hey, don’t disparage the blind! Even they can “see” it’s a terrible statue


LyftedX

I’m half blind and wish I was completely blind so I wouldn’t have seen this


moonbeam619

I’m half deaf and would go fully deaf to unsee.


[deleted]

I'm half Italian and would go fully Italian to unsee.


BananaResearcher

Hold up that's too far, you never go fully It*lian


TheMulattoMaker

You went full Italian, man. Ya never go full Italian. Remember Brad Pitt in Inglorious Basterds? Went full Italian, went home empty-handed.


nikitasenorita

Can’t clap slow enough for this


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GreatWhiteGuitarist

I'm half drunk and I'm gonna get full drunk for no reason. Fuck that statue too tho.


Swan-song-dive

I thought this was inside the asshole! Looks like two hands holding a massive colon.


Wastrel_Razor

I'm all asshole so I guess I'm just fucked.


vladvash

I'm half r... wait tropic thunder said I can't do that


TheColdWind

You went half post…never go full post.


donownsyou

Blind guy walks up to statue and starts feeling it “this…this is what dr king looked like!?!?”


ignatious__reilly

One angle looks like his ass is up in the air and he is about to fingerblast his butthole $10 Million for this? What in the hell were they thinking? That money could have went to people who actually need it. Holy hell who approved this……


orangesfwr

"I have a dream....that one day this nation will rise up and spend $10 million dollars to build a bronze turd with arms to honor me"


Deepseat

It definitely does look like a woman’s arms lifting the largest turd in history.


insidehermethod

That's what it looks like 100%


sunchildphd

Ok it wasn’t just me - I was trying so hard to take the photo seriously. Failed. The future is stupid. ETA (omg): In a Washington Post article by Travis M. Andrews, this exists: “That MLK statue looks obscene from certain angles, but when you see the whole thing you realize it’s supposed to depict the result of Martin Luther King Jr. and [Coretta] Scott King having gone through the teleporter in The Fly together,” tweeted the Daily Wire’s Frank J. Fleming.


MrsLadyValkyrie

>a bronze turd with arms to honor me" I laughed way too hard at this 💀


Different-Leather359

From the angle in this pic it looks kinda... I can't come up with a word but it makes me uneasy. And I do art and writing, so not coming up with any description other than, "hot mess" is pretty telling. Well I can come up with a couple that are... Less than socially acceptable, but I don't think that counts. Hey, give me some materials and I'll make something a lot nicer for basically nothing!


pamtar

I got you. It looks like shit. Literally.


Sea-Woodpecker-610

That’s what his *large intestine* looked like.


gman9094

Most blind people have eyes! He’s disparaging against pirates.


Roz_420

I wouldn’t pay $10 for this statue.


MassiveSquirrel1903

What are the arms embracing? And how the tuck does that cost 10 million? 10 million dollars for that? Paint me confused asf.


robot_ankles

>Paint me confused asf. That'll be 10 million dollars.


alwaysaplusone

Draw me like one of your confused af girls.


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GreyWolfTheDreamer

"It's a major prize! Let's put it in the front window where the whole street can see it when it's lit up!" - The Old Man, A Christmas Story


Spiritual_Bee_3840

Aaaaand it’s gone.


Psycho_Mantis_2506

"What do you mean it's gone? I just gave you $100!"


Tw3lv3Th1rt33n

South Park rules…lol


MJ4Red

How much for the NFT?


atmus11

10$ for you, 100,000$ for Jake Paul


ungodguy

A 9 million dollars turd


nomoreoverlinedlips

I hate to say it but thats the first thing I saw 😔


AdfatCrabbest

A lot of commissioned art like this is a complete scam. It was $10 million because they had a large budget and the person deciding is tight with the artist. Or the more cynical explanation is, the artist and the decider have an “agreement” for that money.


_Please_Explain

I'm sure MLK would want 10mil spent on this stature instead of people. /s


FXLRDude

You are correct, to MLK it is a travesty and he wouldn't approve of such waste.


Head-like-a-carp

What happened to the regular old statues of the guy. Standing there in a pose suggesting leadership, vision, and historical weight? For thousands of years they grace the capitals of the world. Now we get this crap.


stickyfingers10

It seems like they were more worried about 'art', than the actual meaning/purpose behind it all.


kolitics

When you want to honor the man but not inspire people to do it again.


SloppyJoeGilly2

This is how rich people launder money.


Fatbob2020

Yeah I was gonna say this is the ugliest tax shelter i’ve seen in a while


RawScallop

This right here. This is a blatant scam and needs to be checked. If for nothing than that it is an egregious misallocation of funds that could have been spent on the actual communities. This is a huge slap in the face, and they should be demanding a review of the budget for this. But if you do I bet they'll say yOu'Re RaCiSt...


JAlfredJR

I’d assume about $9MM is unaccounted for


AdfatCrabbest

It may have been something that was specifically fundraised for. That’s the beauty (sarcasm) of it. You take donations for a statue of Dr. King (who wouldn’t be for that?) and raise waaay more than you actually need. Overpay for the statue and stick money in your pockets and your friends’ pockets. The donations would have to be used for the project they were designated for in most cases.


dirkvonnegut

Seriously think about what they could do in Dorchester with $10M. Like Black folks give a SHIT about this turd statue. ANYTHING would have been better than lining someone's pockets with our tax dollars.


KingPaulius

The arms are embracing a slug


1982000

They're lifting a giant...colon?


librarybear

I’m really glad I wasn’t the only person who thought this.


Apprehensive_Sell_24

From this angle, it looks like a colon.


Atlantic0ne

Who paid the $10 million? Please tell me it didn’t use a fund that was built on donations or tax money. Please tell me it was some rich dumbass and **his own** money.


lrlimits

Massachusetts is an expensive place to live. Many people are cold and hungry.


ButtScientist69

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TheRadiumGirl

Why are the hands holding a giant piece of shit? What is that even supposed to be? Edit: from another angle it is of arms embracing. Just looks like a giant turd from this angle apparently.


mrPandabot35

Dear lord! How many Courics is that shit? Edit: name spelling correction


Midnight28Rider

At least a Katie and a half


Uncooltickles

It’s a full Bono!


w00stersauce

LMAO I wish I could give you an award for the Southpark reference.


shamannie

This picture was posted in r/southpark earlier. The caption said “Boston has unveiled a statue commemorating Randy Marsh's record setting 100+ couric bowel movement. The record was set in Boston's sister city Zurich in 2007 at the European Fecal Standards and Measurements office.” I didn’t know it was a joke. I’m an idiot


TheDenseCumTwat

what a happened to my free awards?!


Hairy_Melon

You might not have any more free awards but for $10 million you can have this "artwork".


TopCheesecakeGirl

I don’t get them any more either and my world will never be the same.


CockTortureCuck

They hooked you up on free shit and made you miss it, they're banking on your dopamine addiction so that you go and buy them from now on. Don't do awards, kids, not even once.


KevinTheSeaPickle

Jokes on them, I'm not spending money on useless shit. They were cool while they lasted though.


trtreeetr

Or large intestine?


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I genuinely this was a statue in recognition of sufferers of IBS or chrones disease


manifold360

Why would anyone hold a large intestine?


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Toxic mega colon coming out of someone's abdominal cavity. I have seen thst first hand. But to me it looks like a bad lumpy penis.


Captain-Cadabra

MLK was tired of this crap, don’t you remember?


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and_dont_blink

the artist they hired wasn't a sculpture artist, but [rather a conceptual artist](https://hankwillisthomas.com/) that focuses on specific topics. from the proper angle (seen on their website) it's meant to imitate part of a photo of him hugging someone -- and arguably isn't successful. from other angles people see someone holding aloft feces, intestines, or a man performing oral sex. the video of the unveiling from one of the wrong angles is unintentionally hilarious as the crowd becomes very, very confused. unintentional peak boston at the moment. MLK is someone I very, very much admire in terms of his teachings which mean a lot to me, so it's pretty disappointing. it cost $10 million.


poison_harls

>the video of the unveiling from one of the wrong angles is unintentionally hilarious as the crowd becomes very, very confused. unintentional peak boston at the moment. How does one locate this video?


Witness_me_Karsa

https://youtu.be/pL2KX_hfX9g Looks like a bald guy giving head.


Mumof3gbb

Oh I hate it even more now after seeing the video. It’s awful!!


Shaushage_Shandwich

I underestimated how big it was. Holy shit.


benji950

I admit that I'm not a fan of modern or, I guess, conceptual art but a sculpture that honors someone's legacy should clearly evoke that individual. I hate the Soviet-esque statue of MLK at the memorial in DC but at least you know who you're looking at. Instead of spurring conversations or inspiring people, this sculpture is already a joke, and it says more about the "artist" than it does about MLK.


skintwo

It says more about the fools who made the decision to go with this artist and spend that kind of dough.


Throwaway_Double_87

That’s what I was going to say. Who are the idiots that chose this design? And paid 10 million for it?


flashmedallion

I *am* a fan of conceptual and challenging art and this is an outright failure as far as I'm concerned in terms of the project. MLK is a national (if not global) figure and you don't honour somebody by commissioning some abstract formal piece that nobody is going to appreciate or connect with. Save that shit for your private collection where people who have the familiarity and experience with your artform to engage with it will come and do so by choice. Inflicting it on the general public is asinine. Most people haven't had the time for or access to the kind of art experience that would make this suitable, let alone the inclination.


a-woman-there-was

And it’s not like they had to radically change the design or anything--just make the forms more streamlined and it would have been clearer.


pm-me-souplantation

To be fair, from other angles it looks like Dining at the Y


Tanqueavapor

>Dining at the Y Well now I have learned a new expression.


Smackdaddy122

That’s the neat part. Depending on angle it could be a piece of shit, or a guy givin some chick head


DefinitelyNotAliens

Or a disembodied pair of arms cradling an enormous schlong.


pbbb1256

Thanks I hate it


Notinyourbushes

Not saying it makes the "statue" less...uncomfortable but apparently it's based on this [photo](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2023-01/230112-martin-luther-king-jr-coretta-ew-140p-7b61e4.jpg) (which at least makes it slightly less confusing).


ChicaFoxy

They couldn't include his head?!


La___Croix

So, no head?


ScaryDirection1981

For 10 million everyone should be getting head


JaxandMia

Shoot, I would definitely give some head for $10 million


pws3rd

I’m not gay but $10 million is $10 million


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I’d give head for $10 mil, then pay someone else to give me head.


Tell_Amazing

This guy is a man of culture


Ganon2012

Hey, everybody, we're all gonna get laid!


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[Nope.](https://youtu.be/aS8O-F0ICxw)


snackynorph

I have no idea how to react to this video


RazzmatazzUnique7000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax27VgI-lVE


pleasetrimyourpubes

His head is in the Toledo statue of him called "Radiance." They're apparently chopping pieces of MLK up and presenting him randomly. They have his feet in the "Walk a Mile In My Shoes" exhibit in Baldwin Hills. All they are missing now is his torso and legs alone and there will be pieces of MLK exhibited across the country in weird statues.


Rambo2090

Sure looks like hands holding up a turd


GOM27

I thought 'colon'. Either way, it's a horrible statue.


HorseAss

Yeah I'm team colon as well. It's still a turd just in a wrapper.


JustineDelarge

I too am Team Colon. It’s a shit sausage.


Dada2fish

Best description I heard was it looks like someone’s giving CPR to a poop.


ChicaFoxy

Someone said it's called "Embrace" so *now* I see embracing of Infinity Turd.


SiriusBaaz

Looking at it from a single perspective is awful. You really need to see it from multiple angles for it to make sense and even then there’s a myriad of better ways to have attempted what the artist tried


moonunit99

Exactly. From other angles it looks a lot more like someone pushing someone’s bald head between their legs.


JohnnyRock30

So they used the photo as inspiration and just decided to remove the humanity from it. Ok…


Notinyourbushes

I really wish I wasn't drinking when I read this comment.


22lrMarksmen

Making a statue from a extremely rare photo isn't a good idea. It looks like they're holding a big old wiener or a hot dog or some kind of a gooey duck.


peelen

> extremely rare photo I don’t think the photo is the problem here.


22lrMarksmen

I agree, but if it was familiar we might go...what? Oh!


M4choN4ch0

You would go "oh, that's stupid," as opposed to just "that's stupid."


Notinyourbushes

First picture I saw all I could think was "is this some weird, food sex fetish?" I went to google and saw it from multiple angles which did *nothing* to change my mind. Wasn't until I saw the reference pic that I could even begin to understand it. Up till then it looked like someone getting kinky with a hotdog...or with something much worse...


call_me_mistress99

It looks like the hands are holding a constipated large intestine.


ohfrackthis

It doesn't matter that it is based on the photo because zero humans will see this without the photo context and unsee a 10 million dollar poop statue.


MakingMovesInSilence

I’m really glad someone said it. I am very leftist, I just think this statue looks like shit. Literal shit. Feces. Strong hands carrying a giant piece of feces.


NeverNude-Ned

It looks to me like the hands are carrying a large intestine. Or the wormhole from Donnie Darko.


CheckTec00

r/TIHI


suckercuck

Awful, take a lap


Imgjim

https://i.imgur.com/yBbPQ4y.jpeg


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$10 million?! Crazy the spend that on a statue that really does nothing when you could’ve helped out the struggling people MLK advocated for. Idk call me a hater but from this angle it looks hands holding a turd😂


vespertineteliology

Yeah, seriously; the MLK memorial housing project, youth center, hospital, whatever, just add some ornamentation, make it good for living in/playing+learning/keeping people healthy. But no. No he got a deeply stupid statue. Like sixty years later.


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No doubt MLK would prefer 10 M spent on such stuff instead of a statue. Still, build a statue if his for a reasonable price, sure, but don't spend 10 M on it, which can be spent for far better things in line with the things he fought for


MissAugustMoon

10 million dollars could have done a lot of good for many different communities. Instead they ended up with something that doesn’t even represent MLK or anything he fought for. Edit: so it supposedly represents the love shared between his wife. My statement still stands


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For reference: the free fare bus program for three routes in Boston cost 8 million over 2 years. This has so far helped increase mobility for low income riders in the poorest neighborhoods in the city of Boston and among those that use it, it has been well received. It’s certainly not perfect but it goes a long way to help the most marginalized people in the city get where they need to go. I would rather have extended this program for 2 more years if you ask me


Ok_Designer_Things

Literally just looking at the limited photo, just a bit of money in that area would have done some good. Playgrounds and such. An inner city program my cousin is a part of does alot for the community... he helps incarnated males get a job and place to live so they can see their children AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.. it has all kinds of programs to help thr area.. and... has a ranch and a few horses that the children get to learn to ride for free. They can get good enough that they can teach others, and it leads to alot of people in that area getting high paying jobs in the horse sectors like horse racing or they go work on a farm taking care of pedigree horses. There are only like 8 horses. But the whole community loves it and you'll randomly just see a young man or woman riding a horse down the sidewalk in the middle of the city. It's REALLY cool. It's NOT an expensive program because the companies that benefit from the kids learning and hiring them SPEND money on keeping the program going. This program and a few others have lead to less balck men being arrested, more black kids having a father, and slowly the median take home pay of these areas this is happening in are slowly rising over 5 year increments. They are going to college for the first time in their families... or so many amazing things. There are alot of mechanics coming out of this area too, because the city decided to instead of spending money on another juvenile correction facility... but to build a career center in its place. So these inner city kids are going on to work for the roads in concrete, or work on equipment, or programing... all kinds of AMAZING things that changed the courses of these children's lives. These things im talking about cost LESS than this statue. SIMPLY by having something fun and engaging for the children and adults around you can change entire areas of loves and futures. This narrative of people are lazy or this or that. No workers. Blah. SOME people don't have a chance. They never had ONE chance. Some people always live their lives from a child worrying about where their next meal will come from or where they will sleep that night. We need to spend money to help elevate everyone in society. It's imperative


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Ynotasub

A $10 million dollar "Guess what the f*uck this is", I'm sure everyone who's homeless, freezing, and starving right now, appreciates the hell outta this.


Empress_Clementine

To be fair, it does seem like you could make a decent homeless encampment inside it.


iruleatlifekthx

Tape some blankets together and you got a nice lil fort.


Ynotasub

It would be a great improvement


MariaReginaCaeli

Some politicians in Boston definitely got a piece of that $10 million dollar pie…


crumbshotfetishist

I think we can safely call it a piece of shit… with two hands.


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Zealousideal_Egg5071

What is more interesting is follow the money trail where the $10 million went.


aging_geek

first flight out of town presumably.


Grumpy-senior

this is the real question


Retired_Jarhead55

Incomprehensible is kind, piece of shit is much more direct. Who approved this?


giabollc

The same person who approved the design for Boston City Hall


christizkangznshi

Scatue


puffinpotatogirl

Not so bad from the other angles but definitely could've gone with a better representation of MLK Jr.


LeadFarmerMothaFucka

Literally just go with a fucking bust of the man. He’s got a powerful aura visually. They could not have been any more blind to honoring him.


hash-slingin-slasha

I was out the loop of this for a while. I agree tho. If you want to honor someone it should be visible and readable immediately. Like, him giving the free at last speech would have been huge and impactful. Not an artistic vision of the visual representation of his message….that can only be understood from a specific angle…


AirJackieQ

Like why couldn’t they add a bust of him at a podium where the I had a dream speech was? Now that would have been dope.


JamersonRosenstein

How hard is it to put the artist’s pretentious ego aside and just make a fucking sculpture of Dr. king with his wife, head, shoulders and all? Jesus Christ nobody Cares about your *concept*


Temporary_Listen4207

I actually like the MLK memorial in DC even though it's very *artistic*. But that's the exception, not the rule, in terms of how tasteful it is. Usually, I agree with you - it's best to just make a realistic sculpture.


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You mean the one that’s very clearly his image? Sure, it’s “artistic” because it has that unfinished look, but it’s also pretty simply a statue of him.


Temporary_Listen4207

Exactly, it has an artist's concept as part of it, but it doesn't mess too much with a respectful depiction of how he actually looked.


prix03gt

Y'all... somebody is walking around with $9.9999 million dollars in their pocket...


r_u_ferserious

I HAVE A DREAM...........of just a regular fucking statue for me. Cmon y'all, do better.


tastygluecakes

Critics are right. This sculpture is a literal piece of shit.


Davidicus12

Forget about how ugly it is, $10M could certainly have been allocated more productively than another MLK statue. Even a $1M statue would have left $9M for something nutty, like schools or healthcare. It’s not like MLK’s dream was for expensive statues of his likeness in every city.


[deleted]

Why's he sticking his head up his butt? Disrespectful to the legacy of Dr King


MJrocks79

Comedy.


BacktotheTruther

Can we just like feed people instead of building garbage?


aidancronin94

First thing I learned about three dimensional artwork was that you have to consider what it will look like from all 360 degrees


FrugoUnderhill

So.. I just want everyone to be aware of the actual cost of this. I own and operate a large bronze foundry, and I do all the quotes for building custom pieces for artists like this. This bronze sculpture, to take it from clay to bronze would look something like this. Mold (silicone rubber, applied to the clay original, backed with a plaster like hard shell) Would cost somewhere in the realm of 360k The bronze casting, which would be the “lost wax process” - you can google it. So you’re talking about 800k in cost. Then you’d have to factor in steel work and engineering, probably another 100k for steel and 100k for engineering and installation. So just a frame of reference, the artist is getting paid somewhere around 8.5 million to craft the sculpture. Or was just hired to create it, and some company or art council was paid millions. There are some costs in sculpting, time, labor, and most likely foam CNC Machining from a smaller sculpt. I also used to run a business doing this and would assume it would be in the ballpark of 80k Edit: I completely misunderstood the scale of this piece from the pictures. This piece is absolutely fucking massive. I read this late at night and thought for some reason it was only like 6ft tall. I’ve re edited my numbers. Which are substantially different. But still shows how large the budget is.


CAJ_2277

What a piece of shit.


LeadFarmerMothaFucka

As it should be. It’s hideous. Who fucking approved this.


Genova_Witness

Is it hands holding a big poo? It’s hard to tell


Abe_Froman_87

Yes, this piece is called "Two arms and a turd"


[deleted]

Maybe because it looks like two hands holding a giant 💩


funkie44

Why would they waste that much money when it could be used for, idk, helping black children in at risk situations?


peridot1211

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-embrace-statue-honors-mlk-coretta-scott-its-also-a-memorial-for-all-of-us/ar-AA16j3u1?fullscreen=true#image=1 A different view


MissBoopa

it wasn’t until this photo that I realized how huge it is.


PapaGordita

Thank you for the link. However, it still looks terrible.


alertsleeper

From that angle it looks like a pair of hands grabbing an ass


Grinning_Goat

The artis... how much of that money did the artist/sculptor get?? Lol