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2025-05-08 -Great Cultural Revolution
‘Tasteless': NYC Tears Down Statue Of Thomas Jefferson, Erects 12-foot Statue of 'Overweight Black Woman
[Redstate] New York City previously tore down a historic Thomas Jefferson statue only to now erect a 12-foot bronze statue of an "overweight black woman," which many blasted as "tasteless" and more.

The statue is called "Grounded in the Stars" and was unveiled on Wednesday in Times Square, created by artist Thomas J. Price. The artist's "Man Series," a stop motion animation, will also appear nightly throughout May on the district’s billboards, providing a "two-part takeover" in the district that "amplifies traditionally marginalized bodies on a monumental scale," per the Times Square website.

Price said, per the Times Square site.
Lord Garth gives us a tweet about it, commenting:
New Ugly Statue in NYC Times Square
it is 12 feet tall, made of bronze

thank God the woman depicted is clothed

this in a city that removed statues of Jefferson and Washington
Posted by Besoeker 2025-05-08 07:29|| || Front Page|| [216 views ]  Top

#1 Where's the shopping cart?
Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-08 09:59||   2025-05-08 09:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Grounded in the Burgers more like it. And the scolding pose, why it's just like 'Laocoon and his Sons'.

Why are they being so insulting to the Black Community? The Met Gala 'Black Dandy' was wild. Other than it being extra gay, the message 'occasionally Black People in history did dress up' is an odd message, while simultaneously flooding the media with obvious AI generated 'well dressed Blacks throughout history' makes it all taste like crappy water bottled in cheap plastic and left in the sun.

Seriously, one I saw had so many straps and dangly bit to get caught up in hooves and horns, the 'Well dressed Black Woman cattle handlers' looked more like a Dallas Strip Club outfit with Beyonce being played over-bassed on worn out speakers.
Posted by swksvolFF 2025-05-08 10:29||   2025-05-08 10:29|| Front Page Top

#3 There are lots of very attractive Black women. I'm friends with several. They would make very nice - even impressive - statues. So I'm calling this a troll. Yes, this is an accurate representation of a social services admin. worker on a bad day. No, this isn't a celebration of a marginalized physical type. This is a lady we all know.
Posted by Secret Master 2025-05-08 10:39||   2025-05-08 10:39|| Front Page Top

#4 These people are so mentally ill
Posted by DarthVader 2025-05-08 10:40||   2025-05-08 10:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Woke new statue in Times Square sparks instant mockery
Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-08 11:52||   2025-05-08 11:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Stay classy, New York.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-05-08 12:14||   2025-05-08 12:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Times Square 12-foot tall woman sculpture mocked online; compared to Letitia James as Trump calls her ‘horrible’ person



A lady we all know, indeed.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-05-08 12:44||   2025-05-08 12:44|| Front Page Top

#8 The statue is part of series. They built and placed ugly statutes in a bunch of cities. All equally gross and ugly. They act much like a Motivational Poster, but the opposite, like a Demotivational Poster.
Posted by mossomo 2025-05-08 13:54||   2025-05-08 13:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Something like,

The Beatification of the Obscene is the sincerest form of mockery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.
Posted by swksvolFF 2025-05-08 14:19||   2025-05-08 14:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Or for the TikTokrs:

The bigotry of low expectations.
Posted by swksvolFF 2025-05-08 20:30||   2025-05-08 20:30|| Front Page Top

#11 
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2025-05-08 23:54||   2025-05-08 23:54|| Front Page Top

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