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So.\u00a0 Attended a political meeting in the morning, came\u00a0 home, took a long nap, got up and put Helmsman varnish on the honey supers, six, then went up and watched some TV after a conversation with Mark and Kate.<\/p>\n
Today had one weird announcement.\u00a0 This statue of Marilyn Monroe in Chicago.\u00a0 Only time will tell if it is really in as bad a taste as it seems to be.\u00a0 Not sure quite what to think of it.\u00a0 Guess I’d have to see it in person.\u00a0 No, I would have to see it in person.<\/p>\n
What’s good.\u00a0 It’s a famous image, made bigger than lifesize in a believable way.\u00a0 It’s either saucy or sexist, or both.\u00a0 It puts the whole 1950’s\/1960’s era right there, in the midst of 21st century Chicago.\u00a0 It’s pop art, I suppose.\u00a0 It is a joyous image, a woman apparently secure in her sexuality and having fun.\u00a0 It is a heroine sized sculpture, a monumental tip of the hat to Marilyn, a complex figure for 1960’s era boys and girls.<\/p>\n
What’s bad.\u00a0 It invites the pictures I’ve already seen posted of men standing between her legs and looking up.\u00a0 Of course, that’s on the men, yes, but still.\u00a0 It draws us into a stereotypical display of woman as object, as object of desire, of silly non-chalance as an antidote for prurience. (which, come to think of it, maybe it is.) \u00a0 It plays to our cult of the celebrity. (or, does it play with our cult of celebrity?)<\/p>\n
If you’ve seen it, I’m interested in what you thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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