naturally, pittsburgh has a statue of this children's tv legend on display, near heinz field (because god forbid anything in pittsburgh ever is divorced from the steelers). below is a picture of that statue.
FUCKING HORRIFYING. a few proposed explanations for this monstrosity:
- the statue decays over time to evoke the sense that childhood memories and innocence fade and dissolve as the years march on, leaving only a fragmented shadow of brighter times.
- the piece depicts mr. rogers in a nuclear holocaust wasteland, as if to suggest that man's self-destruction is a grim inevitability, no matter our most noble intentions.
- the artist honors fred rogers by displaying his core purity of heart and kindness of spirit, rare qualities indeed in a world so often obsessed with vanity.
- this is in fact the body of rogers, poorly preserved in baked potato foil from Wendy's and left to rot in public.
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So disturbing.
I do not want to be this Mr. Roger's neighbor.
That statue terrifies me - you'd think they would have erred on the side of making it bland an pedestrian instead of (apparently) trying to get arty with it and scare the shit out of everybody in the process.
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