At first, the statue didn’t say much to me. It was Marilyn Monroe. What else can be interpreted from it. But after two weeks of walking out of my office to this view:
I’m beginning to change my tune. Looking at Marilyn’s beautiful face or buxom figure ain’t so bad, but walking by the cheeks of her buttocks every day is really starting to get to me. Each day, my feminist principles rise higher and higher in my chest as I ask, “Really?”
Members of the Chicago press have been mixed on the sculpture. Some are happy there’s finally a statue of a woman prominent in Chicago. Others feel we could have honored a more suitable icon – although I don’t know that there are any up skirt shots of Eleanor Roosevelt or Madeline Albright floating around anywhere to duplicate.
I’m still forming my opinion on Marilyn in Chicago, but overall, I’m pretty sure week after week of butt cheeks in your face will turn you off eventually.
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I was hoping to see this when I was home yesterday but with only 24 hrs in the city my time was limited. But I'll be back in 3 weeks and I am for sure going to check this out. I'm mixed on it myself. While it's cheeky (haha, no pun intended originally), I am just not sure if it's appropriate. It's funny sure but…IDK. Jury is definitely still out on this one.
That's the tackiest thing I've ever seen. I would also be bummed out if I had to check out MM's giant cheeks everyday. So strange.