In Times Square, a bizarre 12-foot bronze statue named ‘Grounded in the Stars’ by Thomas J. Price looms at Broadway and 46th Street, depicting a fictional plus-size Black woman with braided hair, hands on hips, and an oddly stoic expression that feels out of place amid the area’s frenetic energy. Its exaggerated proportions and casual pose, meant to evoke Michelangelo’s *David*, instead create an uncanny, almost cartoonish effect that clashes with the sleek, heroic statues of white men nearby, like Father Francis Duffy. The sculpture’s attempt at cultural commentary feels forced, its massive scale and ambiguous gaze making it more bewildering than inspiring to passersby. Social media, especially conservative X users, mock it relentlessly, claiming it resembles New York Attorney General Letitia James, with jabs at its size and expression fueling a storm of memes and sarcastic quips.

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