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Old 01-15-2012, 04:59 PM
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does anyone else think they missed the mark with the weird stalinist 30 foot emerging from granite statue theme?

i'm a fan and think this was way off target. the abbreviated quote that makes him sound like a drunk jackass posting on derby trail is the least of the problems.

the whole concept seems in opposition to his life.
Yes. I was kind of shocked by it. Although people who know him, say it's good, in that when you stand at the base of it, it does look like, feel like him.

Yeah, the Drum Major quote truncation was stupid.
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