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Critics Go Ape Over LeBron James Magazine Cover A picture of NBA star LeBron James and the model Gisele on the cover of April's Vogue is attracting controversy over their pose. The shot taken by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz has been compared by some detractors to King Kong holding Fay Wray. ESPN.Com columnist Jemele Hill called it "memorable for all the wrong reasons." The photo is remarkably similar to "Destroy This Mad Brute," a famous World War I recruitment poster.
posted to Basketball at 10:16 AM CDT
My initial reaction when I saw the picture was that it seemed to be a "King Kong" depiction.
I cannot believe that the staff at Vogue was so oblivious to what is blantantly obvious.
Maybe it was purposeful... done intentionally to generate this kind of buzz. However, this can potentially spark very negative buzz and create a firestorm, as was the case with Golfweek and their "Noose" edition.