Open Thread: Do The Right Thing Edition
The 20th anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s ground-breaking movie Do The Right Thing, which dealt with a day in the life of a block in Bed Stuy, and in so doing brought the multi-layered issues of gentrification race coexistence and conflict in the inner city to a broader national audience. Two decades later,…
The 20th anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s ground-breaking movie Do The Right Thing, which dealt with a day in the life of a block in Bed Stuy, and in so doing brought the multi-layered issues of gentrification race coexistence and conflict in the inner city to a broader national audience. Two decades later, how much has changed and how much remains the same?
Do you all know that Arby’s is owned by Wendy’s???
Dave Thomas was my dad. He’s dead. I’m Dave Jr. Wendy is the wicked b*&tch stepsister.
I think the caricature of Wendy does have a yarn wig. But Asian??? What’s next, an Asian Santa Claus??? 🙂
dave how the hell do you know so much about Wendy Thomas’ life? waaaait a second. are YOU Dave Thomas!? is that where you get your fortunes from!?!?
*rob*
dave how the hell do you know so much about Wendy Thomas’ life? waaaait a second. are YOU Dave Thomas!? is that where you get your fortunes from!?!?
*rob*
oh and dave, this is the wendy’s in soho, not parkslope. (is there one in parkslope?) believe it or not, i do work :-/
haha
*rob*
no it was a female impersonator and i lol’d cuz she was asian, and it was asian chicken they were promoting. her wig was terrible though. it was totally made of yarn
*rob*
“Wendy herself was there handing it out though! :)”
You sure that wasn’t just some female impersonator?? Wendy Thomas is 48 years old and I bet she’s not out shlepping burgers in Park Slope.
do NOT try Wendy’s new asian chicken!!! it’s pretty icky, imagine the worst chinese food you can eat. and im a big fan of wendy’s!! Wendy herself was there handing it out though! 🙂
*rob*