"In his legendary 2013 rant in Philadelphia, comedian Bill Burr, in the middle of ripping everything Philly related, pointed out that Rocky, a fictional character, had a statue and was widely celebrated as a Philadelphia icon, while Joe Frazier, a real life World Champion Boxer from Philly, didn't, and was basically ignored. Even worse, Frazier also normally ran the up the art museum steps as part of his running workout."
Can someone explain to me how is the Rocky franchise is in any way to blame for that? If the Philadelphia goverment and populace chose to build a statue of Rocky and not one of Frazier, that seems to me like its their fault, not of the story.
"In his legendary 2013 rant in Philadelphia, comedian Bill Burr, in the middle of ripping everything Philly related, pointed out that Rocky, a fictional character, had a statue and was widely celebrated as a Philadelphia icon, while Joe Frazier, a real life World Champion Boxer from Philly, didn't, and was basically ignored. Even worse, Frazier also normally ran the up the art museum steps as part of his running workout."
Can someone explain to me how is the Rocky franchise is in any way to blame for that? If the Philadelphia goverment and populace chose to build a statue of Rocky and not one of Frazier, that seems to me like its their fault, not of the story.