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Wed Aug-31-11 06:00 PM
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| -Who decided to get the MLK statue made in China? |
Alameda |
Aug-31-11 01:13 PM |
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Alaska is planning to put up a made-in-China bridge, too. |
Blue_In_AK |
Aug-31-11 01:20 PM |
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Disgraceful....my father worked on the SF Bay Bridge...and |
Alameda |
Aug-31-11 06:40 PM |
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I really want to know who approved it? We need to dig around. |
Alameda |
Sep-01-11 11:21 AM |
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YOU ARE KIDDING! |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 01:22 PM |
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And they would have done a better job also. To me, the statue |
Booster |
Aug-31-11 01:49 PM |
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No it doesn't capture him at all |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 02:00 PM |
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Has a totalitarian feel to it. Very disturbing piece. |
Safetykitten |
Aug-31-11 02:05 PM |
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yeah |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 02:19 PM |
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The Sculptor specializes in statues of Chairman Mao |
JPZenger |
Aug-31-11 04:09 PM |
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To me, quite frankly, if one didn't know him |
Cherchez la Femme |
Sep-01-11 11:24 AM |
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As an artist, I do not like it. I was shocked when I first saw it. |
glinda |
Aug-31-11 02:14 PM |
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I don't think it's America, it's "what" special interests doing this? |
Alameda |
Aug-31-11 05:40 PM |
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Is that a true claim? MLK statue made in China?? Seriously? nt |
Parker CA |
Aug-31-11 01:24 PM |
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Yep, Chinese granite |
xxqqqzme |
Aug-31-11 01:35 PM |
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"It was assembled in the US." True--BY IMPORTED CHINESE WORKERS! |
Romulox |
Aug-31-11 01:55 PM |
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For Free -- no charge, n'est ce' pas? |
Cherchez la Femme |
Sep-01-11 11:26 AM |
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So much for the granite state of New Hampshire. |
Life Long Dem |
Sep-01-11 10:25 AM |
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From what I've read the Chinese worker's did it for free. If that is the case, |
snagglepuss |
Aug-31-11 01:25 PM |
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I was also wondering who actually got the money |
DaveJ |
Aug-31-11 02:01 PM |
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nothing is free! |
Alameda |
Aug-31-11 02:04 PM |
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Greatest page for you! |
yellerpup |
Aug-31-11 01:27 PM |
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"Parts from China did not build America and make her great." Actual Chinese laborers, however, did: |
WinkyDink |
Aug-31-11 02:02 PM |
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No argument here. |
yellerpup |
Aug-31-11 04:51 PM |
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Not a good model for either American or Chinese workers, going forward. nt |
Romulox |
Sep-01-11 11:25 AM |
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Yes, yellerpup, it's a real disgrace! What would FDR have done? |
Alameda |
Aug-31-11 03:48 PM |
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I have nothing against the Chinese, either. |
yellerpup |
Aug-31-11 04:53 PM |
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"Parts from China did not build America and make her great" |
jberryhill |
Aug-31-11 04:02 PM |
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Immigrants were exploited as laborers |
yellerpup |
Aug-31-11 04:56 PM |
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I think MLK is weeping in heaven right now. |
Jmaxfie1 |
Aug-31-11 01:31 PM |
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that explains why it looks like chairman Mao |
rfranklin |
Aug-31-11 01:33 PM |
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It DOES look like Mao |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 01:57 PM |
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They never get the Occidental eyes right. |
WinkyDink |
Aug-31-11 02:03 PM |
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MLK wasn't Occidental |
jmowreader |
Aug-31-11 06:56 PM |
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dupe |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 02:42 PM |
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I've never seen anything as symbolic of our time as this statue-- |
Romulox |
Aug-31-11 01:57 PM |
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ditto |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 01:58 PM |
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I think the statue is very unattractive. It has a cold feel to it. |
former9thward |
Aug-31-11 02:04 PM |
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It may be the worst memorial in DC |
Xithras |
Aug-31-11 02:15 PM |
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"pull it down"? Seriously? |
godai |
Aug-31-11 03:27 PM |
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The sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial obviously was much more skilled. |
Romulox |
Aug-31-11 03:48 PM |
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My comparison is of facial expressions, not sculptor expertise. n/t |
godai |
Aug-31-11 05:00 PM |
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Right. The MLK sculpture is of much lower quality than that of Lincoln. |
Romulox |
Sep-01-11 07:47 AM |
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Amazing that you can read the minds of the Lincoln Memorial's sculptors. |
godai |
Sep-01-11 09:32 AM |
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We are judging the *SCULPTURE*, not the thoughts of the *sculptor* |
Romulox |
Sep-01-11 10:21 AM |
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See post 49. n/t |
godai |
Sep-01-11 10:38 AM |
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See the definition of a "discussion forum". |
Romulox |
Sep-01-11 10:41 AM |
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MLK's face is frowning and he is squinting |
Alameda |
Sep-01-11 11:04 AM |
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Look at MLK's suit compared to Lincoln's. It ain't just the face that's poorly rendered! |
Romulox |
Sep-01-11 11:11 AM |
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I hate to say this, but my fist thought on seeing it was it looked like |
polly7 |
Sep-01-11 11:28 AM |
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Yes. Seriously. |
Xithras |
Aug-31-11 04:41 PM |
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$120M spent. No money remains to do this. MLK's son disagrees with you. |
godai |
Aug-31-11 04:57 PM |
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120 Million? |
Broderick |
Sep-01-11 10:41 AM |
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"The colossal scale and Social Realist style of the proposed statue recalls a genre..." |
Romulox |
Aug-31-11 02:31 PM |
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Debated back in 2008 |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 02:35 PM |
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Even the body language of the statue is bad. |
trackfan |
Aug-31-11 02:33 PM |
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Agreed. It's Chairman Martin, not man of peace Martin |
Bluebear |
Aug-31-11 03:56 PM |
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That's what bothers me the most - MLK should have open arms |
csziggy |
Aug-31-11 07:53 PM |
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Unreal |
War Horse |
Aug-31-11 02:37 PM |
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The only thing I DO like |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 02:44 PM |
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They have to sell all that |
Politicalboi |
Aug-31-11 02:47 PM |
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Any steel things made post 911 give me the creeps, I wonder??? |
Alameda |
Aug-31-11 03:45 PM |
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Free trade only makes sense |
atheistprogress |
Aug-31-11 04:02 PM |
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One of these really old DU threads suggests MLK Foundation commissioned |
Obamanaut |
Aug-31-11 04:04 PM |
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Chinese stone, Chinese stonecutters, Chinese assemblers on the Mall, and WHITE Marble |
JPZenger |
Aug-31-11 04:08 PM |
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I believe it's actually pink granite |
KamaAina |
Aug-31-11 04:31 PM |
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The commision that built the memorial had thee audacity... |
Xithras |
Aug-31-11 04:44 PM |
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Well, does any American granite have melamine in it? |
KamaAina |
Aug-31-11 04:47 PM |
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I love that there is finally a statue of him there |
Marrah_G |
Aug-31-11 05:13 PM |
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Hmmm.... |
hunter |
Aug-31-11 05:35 PM |
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get real, it's not about race, it's about US labor and products |
Alameda |
Aug-31-11 06:09 PM |
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This is why we need a WPA again. |
ellisonz |
Sep-01-11 05:57 AM |
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Wasn't the great wall built using slave labor? |
JoeyT |
Aug-31-11 06:13 PM |
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The U.S.A. was built by slaves... |
hunter |
Aug-31-11 07:38 PM |
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Black Men Built the Capitol, BookTv |
EFerrari |
Aug-31-11 07:58 PM |
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This is about NOT supporting American artists |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 08:27 PM |
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All I can say is |
tabasco |
Aug-31-11 05:41 PM |
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It's ugly. |
Saphire |
Aug-31-11 06:00 PM |
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Apart from the fact that it doesn't look like him, I can't stand... |
MilesColtrane |
Aug-31-11 06:37 PM |
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We have a friend who holds the patent to a bridge design that costs very little... |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Aug-31-11 07:47 PM |
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Here's the info from wiki: |
pampango |
Aug-31-11 08:48 PM |
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$25M donation from China explains a lot.n/t |
godai |
Aug-31-11 08:58 PM |
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A cartoon in stone. |
Zanzoobar |
Aug-31-11 09:09 PM |
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Here's a good article from ABC on the MLK Memorial......... |
1776Forever |
Aug-31-11 09:12 PM |
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I teach graduate level art courses. My students know far more about appropriate |
Lorien |
Aug-31-11 10:53 PM |
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Oh my god. |
woo me with science |
Aug-31-11 11:27 PM |
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WTF are you kidding me! Hecho en China (Cheena)? |
lonestarnot |
Aug-31-11 10:56 PM |
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....... |
trusty elf |
Sep-01-11 01:35 AM |
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It's fitting in a way that America now outsources even its tributes to its own heroes, |
QC |
Aug-31-11 11:30 PM |
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I just took a look at it. It looks like the frieze figures around Tiananmen square. |
Kablooie |
Sep-01-11 01:16 AM |
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Whoever did it should be ashamed. That thing's FUGLY. |
LeftyMom |
Sep-01-11 01:38 AM |
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And the sculpture has that "Stalinist" monumental quality to it, too. |
tblue37 |
Sep-01-11 02:02 AM |
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Maybe they needed to find a way to save money after the King family demanded licensing fees. |
JVS |
Sep-01-11 02:17 AM |
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I did all of those things. |
Sirveri |
Sep-01-11 05:25 AM |
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It is a very ugly statue |
fasttense |
Sep-01-11 07:50 AM |
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I want to know why DU's "free trader" coalition hasn't dared to comment on this one? |
Romulox |
Sep-01-11 10:23 AM |
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A terrible expression and his clothes look like they were made out of fondant. |
demmiblue |
Sep-01-11 11:15 AM |
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Lei Yixin's other works aren't very good, either. The stiffness and poor rendering is evident |
Romulox |
Sep-01-11 11:39 AM |
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Ask him why he likes to get in to bed with communists? |
cascadiance |
Sep-01-11 01:25 PM |
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