OK, but this overlooks two things: 1, Robocop's only job is to shoot criminals on sight--that qualifies him as "a figure of rebellion against bureaucracy" I guess, but not the liberating one you want to make him out to be.
2, the film is a satire of the Reagan era, which is why it's set in Detroit, since Detroit was [[and maybe is) synonymous with failure, disorder, crime, etc. This description makes Robocop sound more like the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz or something. He is, let's remember, a killing machine and a symbol of the secret desire for fascism in America.
I think that if the Imagination Station people are serious about this it suggests that they are out-of-touch with that portion of the city that is not made up of ironic 22-year-olds. Maybe I'm underestimating people's senses of humor, but many of our fellow residents, particularly those who have been around a while, are understandably sensitive to portrayals, no matter how tongue-in-cheek, of Detroit as a violent wasteland. I love Robocop the movie, but it doesn't make sense to celebrate it as a city icon.
I'm surprised no one has posted this, which hits the nail on the head: http://supergaydetroit.blogspot.com/...-bad-idea.html
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