If they actually removed it, and didn't have anything in the rules about topicality or humor, they suck and should be ridiculed
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He got to keep his ribbons, he wasn't disqualified or anything and his other miniatures stayed up.
Some things can be expected not to work as a display in public.
Only people who know would know. I don't see the problem.
I think the problem is they don't want this to become a 'thing' with people trying to push the envelope further and further.
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Eh, we have nude statues in public places, paintings too. Like, not in museums, in the open.
This model isn't even nsfw at all, it just references the subject of pornography, with one specific "genre" that's exemplified by a brand.
But, hey, they didn't penalize the maker, so it's all good to me :)
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They at least let him keep his prize, though.
Ugh that just seems like fighting tightwaddery with more tightwaddery
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The cheek prints on the cushion are an excellent touch.
The state fair are a bunch of turds. Art is meant to provoke.
The cheek prints makes me think the judges knew exactly what was happening here since they looked at it closely enough to give it an award. More likely is that some karen made a stink and they removed it to avoid the hassle.
A piece he described as a “creepy sex dungeon” was removed before judging last year.
Yeah, so this isn't this guy's first time pushing the envelope with the miniatures art.
He should do That Pool next year.
Pool's closed.
AIDS, everybody out!
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It's official: Kentucky hates fun.
Edit: also, for those who don't want to give the New York Post any clicks- https://www.lpm.org/news/2024-08-21/kentucky-state-fair-removes-winning-miniature-depicting-pornography-set
But the miniature in the photo has a sign that says “Please do not touch.” So if all the miniatures had a sign like that, I don’t see what the problem would have been…
That's objectively hilarious.
Poling added that “the guys” who may have been dragged to look at the miniature displays “got to enjoy a build that was meant specifically for them, in an area they might not otherwise be entertained.”
I mean.. he isn’t wrong..
Shoutout to the official who had to explain how they recognized this milquetoast office environment as "inappropriate"
15 years ago I did a school paper on the pros of psychoactive drugs, including a presentation in front of my class.
Nowadays I'd have to make a public YouTube video to stop the hate I'd receive. Or at least get kicked out of class.
Nobody really cared about stuff that wasn't affecting them.
Did they somehow not see the camera blatantly on the desk, feeding an image to the monitor, directly of the couch? Did they not see the butt imprint on the couch? Even if they didn't recognize the set it was based on, it was pretty blatant.
Well, it might have been judged by elderly Kentuckians who haven't seen porn since it was shot on film, if ever. So I don't find it surprising they went "Wow, super detailed couch! Give this guy a prize!"
There’s a little clapperboard on it that says “The Casting Couch”
Article says it wasn't there at judging.
Well I only opened the article to see the aforementioned buttcheek indents
I would have assumed the Stanley parable.
Then Stanley spread his cheeks and waited...
Trying to control art defeats the purpose.
Yeah… that’s fair actually, it really is pretty hard to ‘fake casting couch’ your relatives
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