Public Sculpture. “What
The Duck”
Being European Capital
of Culture in 2008 was a statement.
But that title does not guarantee
that the public who do have a bit of style about them will be best
served by the honour.
Just look what Merseytravel did with the culture budget.
2008 saw the untalented
Tom Murphy being chosen to litter the streets with garbage.
“Ken
Dodd with a Kebab” and “Bessie Braddock, depicted as a sack with
a head” were erected, to scare the visitors at Lime Street Station.
You can tell you have arrive in Liverpool when you are greeted by
these cheap and nastys, that cost a hundred grand!!!
And now right next to them is a stupid duck!
We also paid for the
statue of Bishops Warlock and Shepherd,
You know the ones on Hope street. Are they Eric and
Ernie, I am none the Wiser.
An even bigger
statement is that as a city the guffoons who are spending the money
have little or no no style and it is shown in this pathetic attempt
to spend taxpayers money.
If Superlambanana was
not bad enough. We now have to endure the tackiest plastic childish
flock of Ducks, boldly displayed on the streets. They have even put
one next to Kenn Dodd who had to try to keep a straight face at the
unveiling saying”At least there is somewhere for the pigeons now”.
So Liverpool has a load
of Ducks. Yes Ducks, not Mallards or beautiful Pintails but the sort
of ducks you give your kids to play with in the bath. It is hard to
believe that someone has sanctioned this.
The Mayor of Liverpool
is no educated man, that is a fact, but really for him to waste
public money while closing nursing homes and libraries down is beyond
a joke.
It is obvious to the
writer that we need those libraries for the education of Liverpool's
top brass and we need to fill them with books on culture to educate
them.
While they represent
the city they should not behave in a childish and infantile manner
because we all have to carry the can. So when next week, hundreds of
thousands of visitors come to the city to see the Cunard Liners on
the Mersey and marvel at Liverpool's great heritage and its Maritime
past, they will also be able to get a glimpse of the future where the
sculpture is chosen by a five year old.
No wonder because to
pay for the “tat on our streets” they have closed down too many
nurseries and to keep the kids occupied they are asking them to
contribute to running the sculpture programme.
Liverpool Capital of
Culcha, You're 'avin a laff”
CODA
We understand that the ducks are for a good cause Macmillan Cancer Support. We think that something better could have been created.
Meanwhile the plods at the Liverpool Echo tell everyone how great it is and appeal to the lowest denomination...............their readers.
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Liverpool survived the worst bombing outside London and struggled to repair its devastated central area to the extent that it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If anywhere, these ridiculous ‘ducks’ belong in a second-rate fairground and not in the one of the most architecturally majestic and historically important cities in the country. What ignoramuses proposed, approved and financed this garbage? As they say, “Them what used to haul the ropes are now pulling the strings!”
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