Original artwork, not a still
When this whole thing happened, I thought the Statue of Liberty would change. Instead of “Give me your tired and your poor,” it would be her with a baseball bat going “You want a piece of me.”
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Robin Williams imagines the famous welcoming statue swapping her gentle message for a tough, defiant stance, swinging a baseball bat and demanding "You want a piece of me." The joke works by pitting a warm, open-armed symbol against a street-fighter attitude.
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