RoboCop Returns: Because Detroit REALLY Needed This
Fifteen years? Fifteen years they spent planning this? Seriously? While potholes swallow cars whole and schools crumble, our civic leaders prioritized… a giant bronze policeman from a 1987 action movie. A fictional policeman. I’m trying to wrap my head around the logic here. Is this supposed to inspire hope? Reassure residents? Or is it just a monument to our collective inability to focus on actual problems?
I can practically hear the celebratory speeches now: “A symbol of strength! A beacon of justice!” Right. Because nothing says were addressing systemic issues like slapping a ten-foot metal figure of a cyborg law enforcer in front of a farmers market. It’s wonderfully, brilliantly tone-deaf.
Let’s be honest, it’s probably meant to draw tourists. “Come see the big robot cop! Ignore the urban decay!” Brilliant marketing strategy, I guess. Though Im sure the local artists who were promised public art funding are thrilled to have been bypassed for a shiny, vaguely menacing tribute to cinematic violence.
And eleven feet tall? Why not twelve? Or fifteen? Let’s really lean into the absurdity. A giant RoboCop is exactly what Detroit needed all along. Im sure it will solve everything.
