Liberal protesters are outraged over ‘misogynist’ statue of Marilyn Monroe in Palm Springs

A statue commemorating film icon Marilyn Monroe is angering many on the left in Palm Springs, California.

“Having this giant, over-sized statue in this town, focusing on that objectification, is disturbing to me,” mentioned political activist Ellen Lockert to the Desert Sun.

The 26-foot-tall statue depicts one of the actresses’ most celebrated and iconic scenes from “The Seven Year Itch” movie in 1955. But some say the scene is sexist, and so is the statue.

The statue was created in 2011 by the artist Seward Johnson and has been displayed in quite a few cities throughout the U.S. and Australia. It was housed in a dismantled state in a warehouse in New Jersey earlier than it discovered its latest house in entrance of the artwork museum in Palm Springs.

The set up of the statue was marred by protests from those that need it to go away and equally raucous counterprotests from those that need it to remain. The metropolis council has argued that the statue will draw extra tourism and enterprise to the downtown space.

Others complained that the statue was particularly offensive throughout Pride Month.

“A colossal monument to misogyny is awful anytime, but its grand, celebratory unveiling during LGBTQ Pride Month is especially repugnant,” wrote Los Angeles Times artwork critic Christopher Knight.

Critics of the statue have shaped a corporation known as CReMa, the Committee to Relocate Marilyn, and are suing to maneuver the statue on the premise of the historic designation of the museum.

“We’re going to see the legal thing through to the very end, even if that means appealing and appealing and appealing,” mentioned CReMa co-founder Trina Turk. “I don’t think the protests will be over either.”

Here’s extra in regards to the controversy over the Palm Springs statue:

‘Forever Marilyn’ causes a stir in Palm Springs

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