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53. But would be the statue be acceptable if it weren't someone so "schlumpy"?

Reply to Aerows (Reply #32)

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 06:54 PM

Feb 2014

Last edited Thu Feb 6, 2014, 07:58 PM - Edit history (1)

That's how one English professor referred to our pasty friend.

Edit: Schlumpy, not schlubby!

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"Statue of Guy in His Underwear Causes Brief Controversy at Wellesley College" [View all] Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 OP

Oh. "Brief" controversy. Now I get it. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #1

It looks so REAL HockeyMom Feb 2014 #2

He's knee deep in snow, and looks vulnerable/injured/ill. It's disturbing all right. Hekate Feb 2014 #4

As a woman, I don't feel threatened. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #13

You and me both. Good grief. As an art project, I find its public placement sophomoric. nt Hekate Feb 2014 #19

He froze standing up :P snooper2 Feb 2014 #3

That's me every time I take ambien .... Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #33

Sleepwalking! The installation is aptly named, then... nt MADem Feb 2014 #102

In rainy Olympia, some genius put statues of children playing... between traffic lanes. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #5

Heh.. Yeah, those still get me once in a while when I go to the farmers market... opiate69 Feb 2014 #60

that's really dumb marions ghost Feb 2014 #111

I'm surprised this sunk so far so fast, but what do I know? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #6

Needed more pictures...snooper delivered!...nt Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #8

Perhaps the feminists are deciding what the correct reaction is? Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #11

I find it oddly amusing that the reverse situation wouldn't be an issue NutmegYankee Feb 2014 #20

depends on what the statue would look like and do sexual assaults by females against males JI7 Feb 2014 #48

Not me. I'd feel victimized, traumatized and triggered. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #85

He's in search of bigfoot! Sissyk Feb 2014 #97

but triggering was one problem hfojvt Feb 2014 #105

There was a thread on this yesterday or the day before. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #12

Welcome to DU! Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #95

Thank you, JM. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #115

Art solicits response 1000words Feb 2014 #7

Can they put temporary make up on it now and then for Holloween? Xyzse Feb 2014 #9

Well, exams are held without the consent of many in the student body. MADem Feb 2014 #103

True... Xyzse Feb 2014 #109

"Apprehension"? That thing makes people afraid? Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #10

I saw a video of this.. sendero Feb 2014 #14

Remove all public art displays on campus, then 1000words Feb 2014 #15

All.. sendero Feb 2014 #16

That's your response to it 1000words Feb 2014 #17

Yes. All semi-nude and nude statues should be removed from public view. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #18

So you are claiming that Aerows Feb 2014 #23

I guess you're right. This so-called "modern art" isn't really "art" at all, is it? Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #29

As I said Aerows Feb 2014 #36

Who can forget the Ashcroft days and his covering up of the "Spirit of Justice"? NutmegYankee Feb 2014 #25

He doesn't look like a stalker, he looks like someone Ambien-walking... SMC22307 Feb 2014 #28

what does a stalker look like ? JI7 Feb 2014 #37

Perhap he is a stalker, with unconscious impulses taking over during his sleep. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #46

*** Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #74

That triggered my response for a wedge of Laughing Cow. (n/t) SMC22307 Feb 2014 #77

OMG, you love that cheese, too? Aerows Feb 2014 #80

LOL And only 35 calories! SMC22307 Feb 2014 #82

It is! Aerows Feb 2014 #84

Answer: Big donation Aerows Feb 2014 #39

Good point. (n/t) SMC22307 Feb 2014 #59

He looks like MOLESLEY, from Downton Abbey, minus his (down a peg) footman's livery! MADem Feb 2014 #113

Ha, he does a bit. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #116

I have to say, I love Carson's MOLLLLLLES-ley! MADem Feb 2014 #117

That's what stalkers look like? Who knew? nt MADem Feb 2014 #104

Maybe that is the point. MicaelS Feb 2014 #22

Reaction: Not good Aerows Feb 2014 #27

This was cataclysmically stupid to put on an all-women's campus Aerows Feb 2014 #21

Go to any town in the U.S. 1000words Feb 2014 #24

are there statues of enemy soldiers who attacked them that look realistic and like they are going JI7 Feb 2014 #30

Right. Because the white Hanes guy looks *exactly* like he's about to rape someone (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #44

what does a guy who is about to rape supposed to look like ? JI7 Feb 2014 #45

Like a sleepwalking middle-aged dude standing in his underwear in the snow, Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #57

Or maybe like a sleepy eyed Woody Allen standing in his underwear...hmm... CTyankee Feb 2014 #78

I know that most young women Aerows Feb 2014 #32

Laughing and mocking is a valid response, as well. 1000words Feb 2014 #40

But would be the statue be acceptable if it weren't someone so "schlumpy"? SMC22307 Feb 2014 #53

no, and this one wouldn't be an issue either if it didn't look real JI7 Feb 2014 #54

But some of those "stone statues" have actual penises. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #58

so you finally realize it's not about seeing the penis JI7 Feb 2014 #61

The other guy was goliath Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #71

So the issue is that it's lifelike... SMC22307 Feb 2014 #66

yes , put it in a museum or some art dept JI7 Feb 2014 #67

He'd lose the vulnerability if in a museum or art department. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #91

Would the statue be acceptable Aerows Feb 2014 #56

How are you defining "vanity"? (n/t) SMC22307 Feb 2014 #76

If you don't define vanity as sinking a huge chunk of money into a statue Aerows Feb 2014 #81

"Vanity" as in being worthless or futile? SMC22307 Feb 2014 #87

Dammit Aerows Feb 2014 #88

I just made a boring grilled cheese. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #90

LMAO! Aerows Feb 2014 #92

:-) Thanks! SMC22307 Feb 2014 #93

I know that pic just THRILLED me! CTyankee Feb 2014 #79

The guy looks like he is seriously ill. MicaelS Feb 2014 #35

there have been rapists who look "seriously ill" JI7 Feb 2014 #38

Are you saying that any guy in his underwear looks like a rapist? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #47

no, i'm saying seeing a guy like this in such an environment could scare some JI7 Feb 2014 #49

I'd say that's provocative art. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #96

Honestly, this is what it looks like to me too gollygee Feb 2014 #50

Absolutely. A great many campus rapists are balding middle-aged men in white Hanes underwear, Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #42

many women have been sexually assaulted, threatened etc JI7 Feb 2014 #26

It's a freaking statue. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #31

it looks real, i don't like realistic looking rodents, lizards etc JI7 Feb 2014 #34

We're lucky it's not in clown make-up Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #41

Shudder... clowns. (n/t) SMC22307 Feb 2014 #89

DON'T BLINK! Dr. Strange Feb 2014 #75

I'd be more afraid of the statue if it looked like this: Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #86

It's art... bobclark86 Feb 2014 #43

If nobody likes it gollygee Feb 2014 #51

Wellesley has an enrollment of 2,400 students 1000words Feb 2014 #68

And the other 2050 are taking "selfies" with it Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2014 #100

Those pictures are hilarious...oh, to be a college kid !! MADem Feb 2014 #106

They look terrified and intimidated. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #108

I would love to hear the Eumenides interpretation of this picture specifically Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2014 #114

It's art... bobclark86 Feb 2014 #70

If I could suggest a collaboration with an artist who knits...nt Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #52

WTF is NYC_SKP doing at Wellesley??? cliffordu Feb 2014 #55

.. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #63

I could call him and ask? In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #65

That's where I've seen that dude before! Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #69

I keep a little studio there. Most don't know about it. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #94

At least they didn't dress him in a banana hammock. adirondacker Feb 2014 #62

The original model did not test well with focus groups Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #72

Eeeeek! Sissyk Feb 2014 #98

I like it. They can put it in my yard when they're dome with it. Throd Feb 2014 #64

$600,000 and it can be yours Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #73

If they really wanted to scare people have the statue holding open a door The Straight Story Feb 2014 #83

the way the guy is dressed, he is clearly asking for it. uncle ray Feb 2014 #99

The English professor nailed it....it’s a schlumpy guy in underpants.... MADem Feb 2014 #101

I don't understand the upset. MadrasT Feb 2014 #107

Yeah, I agree. HappyMe Feb 2014 #110

Consider that: marions ghost Feb 2014 #112