Not superheroes, really, just people in funny costumes. You could as easily take it as a joke about the relentless march of tawdry American culture. But the important thing is that IT'S NOT FUNNY.
The Hungarians did a good job with this. Rather than destroy the old status and public art and create resentment among the remaining communists, they just moved everything out into a field in a suburban neighborhood and made a tourist attraction out of it. Definitely worth a visit if you go to Budapest.
I don't have the funds to do so, but after seeing examples of cow parade cows some years ago, I thought it would be fun to purchase a Soviet-era statue and give it a similar treatment. Good to see that the Bulgarians have done it.
Those cows look like fun. Rather like painting a carousel animal, which I've always wanted to do. I keep thinking I'll see one someday in an antique store.
Making fun of the Soviet stuff is excellent -- conservatives need to be better at humor, too.
Bratislava had a great charity cow parade maybe 10 years ago: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=oe%2BK0ASB&id=DBBCD33A40D292F05ECD20974C636A7F20A1B750&thid=OIP.oe-K0ASBkpx6jbLGwPVnFwAAAA&mediaurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.countryandfolk.com%2Fimages%2Fcows%2Fp1003032.JPG&exph=300&expw=400&q=bratislava+cows&simid=608054684746645851&selectedindex=36&cbir=sbi&vt=0
Here's one in front of the Community Insurance (Komunalna Poistovna) in a big square; there were over 100 all around the city, all different. Some of the big new malls had a dozen or so each.
That and that it mocks the Soviets, and thus is worthy even if you’re not a big fan of comic books. :)
ReplyDeleteFrom the linked-to article: Russia is demanding that Bulgaria try harder to prevent vandalism of Soviet monuments....
ReplyDeleteBut, but--it's not vandalism; the Bulgarians are just correcting the record.
Or they're showing a dangerous breadth of knowledge of American...literature.
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The Hungarians did a good job with this. Rather than destroy the old status and public art and create resentment among the remaining communists, they just moved everything out into a field in a suburban neighborhood and made a tourist attraction out of it. Definitely worth a visit if you go to Budapest.
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I don't have the funds to do so, but after seeing examples of cow parade cows some years ago, I thought it would be fun to purchase a Soviet-era statue and give it a similar treatment. Good to see that the Bulgarians have done it.
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ReplyDeleteThose cows look like fun. Rather like painting a carousel animal, which I've always wanted to do. I keep thinking I'll see one someday in an antique store.
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ReplyDeleteBratislava had a great charity cow parade maybe 10 years ago:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=oe%2BK0ASB&id=DBBCD33A40D292F05ECD20974C636A7F20A1B750&thid=OIP.oe-K0ASBkpx6jbLGwPVnFwAAAA&mediaurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.countryandfolk.com%2Fimages%2Fcows%2Fp1003032.JPG&exph=300&expw=400&q=bratislava+cows&simid=608054684746645851&selectedindex=36&cbir=sbi&vt=0
Here's one in front of the Community Insurance (Komunalna Poistovna) in a big square; there were over 100 all around the city, all different. Some of the big new malls had a dozen or so each.