 CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A museum director in this military town removed an art exhibit featuring several deep-fried American flags.
Art student William Gentry said his piece, "The Fat Is in the Fire," was a commentary on obesity in America. "I deep-fried the flag because I'm
concerned about America and about America's health," Gentry said.
| "I got this memo from somebody, telling me I'm in charge of the nation's health, so the first thing I did was get out the old Presto Fry Baby..." |
Customs House Museum executive director Ned Crouch took down the artwork Wednesday less than 18 hours after it went up in this community next to the Fort Campbell. "It's about what the community values," Crouch said.
| "We hain't real big on deep-fried flags around these here parts. We hain't real big on pretentious, neither. Want a chaw of this here terbacky?" |
"I'm representing 99 percent of our membership — educators, doctors, lawyers, military families."
| "But not art students. I checked the list twice." |
He also said the timing of the piece could cause
| ... people to roll their eyes? |
"incendiary reactions."
| People say "wotta dipshit" when they have "incendiary reactions," do they? |
| No one got beheaded, did they? |
"Never in the history of the country has the flag been more hated or more loved," Crouch said.
| Oh, shuddup. Who the hell told you that? |
The exhibit featured three U.S. flags imprinted with such phrases as "Poor people are obese because they eat poorly" and dozens of smaller flags fried in peanut oil, egg batter, flour and black pepper.
| Okay. I'll admit, they've never done that before that I know of. Maybe the UN should give me large dollars to investigate global stoopid? I'm willing to give Kofi a commission. |
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