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Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« on: August 23, 2011, 12:27:17 PM »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8715823/Martin-Luther-King-memorial-made-in-China.html

It's got extremely stern and negative body language.

And his pants are too big, with a severe crease to them.

And the face on this statue doesn't much look like Dr. King.

And... it was outsourced to CHINA! [barf]  We have a monument on the National Mall with a "Made in China" tag on it.
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2011, 12:44:49 PM »
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2011, 01:25:14 PM »
How is it not a racial faux pas by the chinese to make it out of white stone?  ???
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2011, 01:27:40 PM »
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Standing in the shadow of the Washington Monument, the statue shows Dr King emerging from a mountain of Chinese granite Walmart with his arms crossed and is called The Stone of Hope Greeter.

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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2011, 01:32:07 PM »
He looks angry.


However, that makes sense given all the steps backwards the civil rights movement has taken since he was killed.
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2011, 01:48:34 PM »
http://isteve.blogspot.com/2011/08/pure-comedy-gold.html



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This Martin Luther King National Memorial, which will be dedicated on August 28 on the Mall in D.C., is shaping up as the kind of farce that H.L. Mencken would have enjoyed. The vaguely Chinese-looking giant statue itself looks like the woozy recollection of some Chinese sculptor who doesn't actually remember MLK (hey, he was busy at the time being Culturally Revolutionized -- Mao didn't even allow mention of the moon landing), nor know many black people, but he does remember Mike Tyson trying to glare down Evander Holyfield at a heavyweight title bout weigh-in (assuming Iron Mike were a little Chinese).


So, we get Martin Luther Ming the Merciless. As a commenter suggests: Martian Luther King...

During the next ten days of solemnities up through the dedication, no giggling allowed! This is a very serious occasion in the national civic religion and anyone who cracks a smile will be dealt with.


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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2011, 01:58:59 PM »
I would weep for the memory of Doctor King if but for my soul had not already been shorn and shattered by the cynical erosion of the events of our age.
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2011, 02:15:55 PM »
Quote from: brimic on August 23, 2011, 01:25:14 PM
How is it not a racial faux pas by the chinese to make it out of white stone?  ???
And if it were black stone? One word: pigeons.
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2011, 02:18:23 PM »
If he had made the ears a little bigger and the face a little narrower....
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2011, 03:21:06 PM »



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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2011, 03:38:24 PM »
Fear not!  Dr. King's family has done nicely in arranging for Dr. King's image to be used in Dr. King's memorial. 

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/king_monument_to_greed_4DTe3bj9QcHd7Y2Hpvmp1O

Looks to me like Dr. King is being dishonored by his own family.
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2011, 03:40:41 PM »
Quote from: Waitone on August 23, 2011, 03:38:24 PM
Fear not!  Dr. King's family has done nicely in arranging for Dr. King's image to be used in Dr. King's memorial. 

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/king_monument_to_greed_4DTe3bj9QcHd7Y2Hpvmp1O

Looks to me like Dr. King is being dishonored by his own family.

This too. $800,000 to be ALLOWED to create a memorial???
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2011, 04:38:15 PM »
What good is being a hero if you're not also a brand?

How long before The National Mall has a corporate sponsor?
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2011, 06:29:50 PM »
Quote from: longeyes on August 23, 2011, 04:38:15 PM
What good is being a hero if you're not also a brand?

How long before The National Mall has a corporate sponsor?

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« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2011, 06:40:09 PM »
Quote from: roo_ster on August 23, 2011, 06:29:50 PM
"Welcome to the Preparation HTM Lincoln Memorial and Proctological Exhibit. "

I think they would ask for the Washington Monument only if Trojantm doesn't beat them to it.....
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« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2011, 06:55:18 PM »
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2011, 09:05:35 PM »
Hey...don't tell the Chinese how to run their country. China is just a subsidiary of GM, GE, Walmart, and everything else American.  People who complain will have their kidneys removed and sold.  

Oh...I think the statue looks good. I'd imagine he spent most of his waking hours pissed off.  His son said it looks like the man he remembers...and he's probably right...pissed off.
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2011, 09:19:46 PM »
Looks more like Michael Clark Duncan than Martin Luther King, IMO. And the body looks very Mao-ish. See the square coat line and protruding stomach in other photos.

This is what happens when you outsource to China.  :lol:
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #18 on: August 23, 2011, 09:33:06 PM »
Quote from: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on August 23, 2011, 09:19:46 PM
And the body looks very Mao-ish. See the square coat line and protruding stomach in other photos.

This is what happens when you outsource to China.  :lol:

That it does.  In fact, the first time I saw it I thought that it WAS a statue of Mao until the reporter said it was of MLK.  :facepalm:
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #19 on: August 23, 2011, 09:41:56 PM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on August 23, 2011, 12:27:17 PM
It's got extremely stern and negative body language.

And his pants are too big, with a severe crease to them.

And the face on this statue doesn't much look like Dr. King.

I'm thinking the style is "socialist heroic"
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2011, 09:47:42 PM »
Quote from: lee n. field on August 23, 2011, 09:41:56 PM
I'm thinking the style is "socialist heroic"
Which is quite understandable, since the artist is 1. Chinese and 2. Formerly a designer of Mao statues.
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2011, 10:05:45 PM »
Some wag somewhere said it was a statue of Martin Luther Ming.
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2011, 11:51:05 PM »
Quote from: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on August 23, 2011, 09:19:46 PM
Looks more like Michael Clark Duncan than Martin Luther King, IMO. And the body looks very Mao-ish. See the square coat line and protruding stomach in other photos.

This is what happens when you outsource to China.  :lol:

That was my impression as well.
Maybe they can hand out "little red books" at the ceremony.
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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #23 on: August 24, 2011, 12:32:03 AM »
Maotin Luther Ming the Merciless

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Re: Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
« Reply #24 on: August 24, 2011, 12:44:21 AM »
A perfect blend of Karnak, Stonehenge, and Red Square, aka socialist kitsch.
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