I don’t know why anyone is surprised when a Super Bowl host city goes overboard trying to keep the streets clean before hosting thousands of fans and hundreds of media members. There are levels for the lengths they goand varies from allegedly euthanizes stray dogs (it turns out that was fake)to resettlement of the homeless, to get a little more aggressive with Photoshop. For now, Phoenix is only guilty of the latter as the city shared this photo portraying itself as an oasis in the desert.
For the record, I’ve never been to Phoenix, but I’ve been to Santa Fe and lived near the desert where the Valley of the Sun is, and I never once saw a city that looked like Wakanda.
My only other reference point for the Arizona capital is the opening scene Sicario where they break into a drug store and find bodies in the walls. Although I didn’t see that deep fake on Twitter (golden opportunity missed), the internet predictably had fun with the photo, including Maricopa County.
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That’s nice. It’s good to see that these people have a sense of humor since the county, at least in my mind, is synonymous with infinity fights over election results.
Sorry, we’re going back to our regularly scheduled reunion. I’m not going to be mad at someone who gets overzealous and litters their cityscape with happy trees like a modern day Bob Ross. It’s basically akin to tidying up the house before company arrives. As long as there is no hitchhiker tied up in the basement, I don’t mind the extra stuff.
And, hey, what do you want? Some stereotypical image of a cactus and maybe an armadillo? God forbid that someone should put some effort into promotion.