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bahbahrapsheet t1_j5p2ywd wrote

Reply to comment by Tzames in Looks so much worse with snow by willzyx01

Agreed. I don’t think it’s a GREAT statue but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it in person. It’s more impressive than you’d expect based on the pictures, especially the ones taken at this angle.

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Bad_Mood_Larry t1_j5p70wg wrote

Personally I find it kinda of terrifying in person. It got some body horror thing going on.

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Vandalgyon t1_j5qa9yy wrote

One of the side effects that I haven't seen many people mention is what this statue is getting viewers to do.

When I visited it, I watched a lot of people approach it from afar with a confused look, since it looks weird from some angles. Once they got closer and it started to make sense, they seemed to enjoy it more. It was literally bringing strangers together in a co-located spot by being a confusing object. Kind of like the shiny Chicago bean.

I also noticed families and friends trying to hug each other in the same way the statue was. Don't know if that was intended, but if a statue gets people to hug more then it's good in my book.

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defariasdev t1_j5qdm0a wrote

This is a great point. Also i don't recall the last time people talked this much about a statue that wasn't vandalized for memorializing some old racist bastard. When I stopped by with my grandmother, there were strangers talking to each other about what they thought.

Sure, most of it was them saying they didn't like it but... STRANGERS. TALKING TO EACH OTHER IN A PARK. ABOUT ART. IN FUCKING BOSTON?! Statue Wins

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BasilExposition75 t1_j5p8lzm wrote

I liked the park itself and the fact you could walk under it and up to it. Still ugly as fuck from afar. Should be a tear down.

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BMac364 t1_j5pafhk wrote

The idea that you could walk up to and under it is cool, being both sheltered and exposed at the same time. The problem is that the goofy looking angle is from the street as you drive by. They should plant some trees behind it to ...."sanitize" this view. For $10m, I think we could get something like that.

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Solar_Piglet t1_j5rpkmg wrote

Regardless of what you think about the shape of the thing it's far too big for the Common. It dwarfs everything around it and just looks completely out of place.

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