Slog - Comments on Bronze Dud http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud As for the new statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square, London? To be honest, it's not all that. More love should have gone into this work. As is, it looks rather uninspired, empty, passionless, as dry a carrot. And what the hell are his bronze hands doing? Are they sizing up the stuff of Samora Machel's widow?... Copyright 2008 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:49:02 -0800 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:31:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by monkey It looks like a giant mutant Nelson Mandela is about to attack those people standing in front of him.

LOOK OUT!
OH MY GOD, IT'S NELSON MANDELA!
RUUUUUUN!!!

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793909 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:09:03 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I foresee a new tradition of pranksters putting stuff in his hands -- footlong sub, dildo, cat's cradle, stretchy gum, beach ball....

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793921 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793921 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:16:51 -0800 Comment by monkey #2, Larry Craig's shoulders

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793925 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793925 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:20:10 -0800 Comment by hipsterlite first Enumclaw http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/zoom/html/2003829920.html ,
now London, Mandela deserves better! Enumclaw, maybe not so much...


Hipsterlite---critic/notcritic

]]> hipsterlite http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793944 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793944 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:32:11 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I liked the episode where Mecha-Mandela battled Bothra.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793945 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793945 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:33:10 -0800 Comment by Gitai Mandela looks kind of stoned in that sculpture.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793948 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c793948 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:35:04 -0800 Comment by Greg It looks like he's making hand signs. WESTSIDE!

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c794060 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c794060 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:07:21 -0800 Comment by Maggie Yo, yo, yo! It's Mandela in DA HOUSE!

He also appears to be standing crookedly.

]]> Maggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c794096 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c794096 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:59:29 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale His head is frighteningly large.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c794110 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c794110 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:15:19 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 @9 - Yeah, what's up with the gigantic head? He looks like a Peanuts character.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c794166 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c794166 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:06:44 -0800 Comment by Eric Reynolds I dunno... It looks like Mandela. It's respectful.

]]> Eric Reynolds http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c794227 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/bronze_dud#c794227 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:31:07 -0800