Leave it to Jane Hamsher to say it...

[kentuck]

http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/03/29/late-nite-fdl-i-cant-take-it-any-more/



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I realize there are more important things in the world than this fine example of "pro-life art " but I have held my tongue for as long as I can.

The right may be good at reptilian brain doggedness but there is not a single artistic bone in their entire body politic. Good lord who thought a statue of some erstwhile Hooters hostess lying spread-eagle on a bearskin rug with a kid’s head popping out of her cooter was a tribute to anything but velvet Elvis high camp. No doubt little embryonic copies will sell like hotcakes off the shelves of Silverlake kitsch shops but Britney’s GOT to be dying.

I think it signals a crisis point in American sex education, the inevitable result of teaching "abstinence only" in our schools. The sculptor does not seem to realize this is the position you assume to give a blow job, not birth.

Someone had to say it.

:)

[MadMaddie]

1. Bwah...haw...haw.....so sad but true....

:rofl:

[EarlG]

2. I think the artist has done a great job

It's pretty amazing how many people are taking this at face value. The artist and the gallery are playing it totally straight, but that's all part of the gimmick. It's clearly a satirical work.

[Warpy]

3. I think so too

The position is clearly sexual, not one of parturition. I think the artist is sticking it to the far right pro forced birth crowd.

The comments section is hilarious, just as funny and on target as Hamsher's take on the sculpture and its ultimate destination in kitsch shops.

[Fenris]

5. CNNHN's horrible Showbiz Tonight show...

Had a segment on last night about how "some say the statue carries a pro-life message."

It amazes me how daft people can be sometimes. It also amuses me to no end.

[dogday]

6. I will be able to see the beauty of it

when I see some male statue with a little dinky jutting out for all to see.... Now that would be satirical!!!!

[Dora]

4. About that position....

Hmmm.... look whose mouth is open in that sculpture. It sure ain't Britney's.


Oh here she comes
Watch out boy she’ll chew you up
Oh here she comes
She’s a maneater


edit: for bad apostrophecation :)