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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:27 PM Original message |
Maya Angelou says King memorial inscription makes him look ‘arrogant’ |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sorry she feels that way. Even the "revised" version just |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. wow... you get a 180 degree different impression than I.... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Do you feel the same as she does? I never would have |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. My full impression is in a second post below... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I guess I just think that we KNOW who he is and what he did |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I haven't gotten back to DC in quite a while, so probably not right away... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
50. We know who Lincoln was, who FDR was .... imagine them portrayed in this way -- !!! Yikes!! |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Apparently the artist is a Chinese guy who also did several Mao |
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methodman (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Maya Angelou |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. It makes no sense as paraphrased...I agree, Ms. Angelou |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Had the same impression - "Soviet style" art does not capture his greatness. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Chinese communist style, actually. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. I agree. It reads like a quote, when it's not. If not a quote, it should say, HE was a drum major. |
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BOHICA12 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. The sculpture say much the same ... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Agreed. It's as though the artist didn't really have empathy with MLK, the human. nt |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
36. I agree. he looks like a pissed off asian. Not that I have any thing against asains, but |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Well, the sculptor's previous work was a statue of Mao |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. It is unfortunate they couldn't use the entire quotation |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. All they have to do is change "I" to "He." It's not a quote. It shouldn't have been |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. The paraphrase is this: |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Change it to "He was a drum major..." |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. Drum Major just doesn't do him justice either - I'd propose that we |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Of all the incredible things he said, this was a poor choice. And to paraphrase a man who spoke |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Maya Angelou is right. The line now lacks King's characteristic verbal grace. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. and context |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. it really is an awful statue... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. that was my thought |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. I kind of like the rest of the monument & the 3 pieces of the "mountain" with the figure emerging |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think I agree with Maya Angelou. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
43. That's exactly it --Angelou does understand that language matters |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Though . . . the profile of his head IS exquisite. |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's more than "paraphrased" -- new doesn't come close to original. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. SNAFU. |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. There's plenty of room for that whole quotation there |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. "I was a drum major." - MLK |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Angelou is on the council that chose the inscriptions! |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. From the article: |
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tropicanarose (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. I actually had a similar thought thought when I saw it, I think that the statue is wonderful but |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. The quote matters. (to get it correct) |
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tiny elvis (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. a drum major has the same use as a hood ornament |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. So how was it paraphrased on the memorial. I hear her side but I |
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ChandlerJr (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. It not only makes makes him look ‘arrogant’ |
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PBass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
33. They really blew it... |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
34. It looks like there is lots of room |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
37. Sounds as though even the original quote was King answering someone who had tried to insult him by |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
38. It is a hideous monument. The concept was more softer. Link to landscape architect's version. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. It is hideous and the image of Dr. King isn't right at all. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
40. And yet, she misses two more important issues: |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
44. I'm embarassed that we can't even get an American-made monument with a decent inscription for... |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. Too bad.... |
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BOHICA12 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Agree about the Korean War Memorial -- nt |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
51. Maya Angelou is right. |
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