# Boston University unveiled a new Martin Luther King Jr. statue. Is it just me or does it look like someone performing a sexual act?

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> [@Jophiel](#):
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> I “see” it but it’s more one of those “This looks… wrong” things than an explicit “That’s obviously a person doing [specific act]”.

I agree.

It just seems to me, for such a large and public display, someone might have noticed before it was built. It’s not that much of a stretch to see it.

And it would not be the first time an artist snuck something subersive into their work (not saying this artist did).

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