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The Diner is Back!
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The last time I heard about The Diner, it was in the bottom of a ravine in Europe somewhere, Spain, I think. My friend Sean, who was driving it all over Europe, apparently hadn't worked out that when you’re towing a giant RV full of Jesus and other famous vegetarians throughout history, you need to ride the brakes a little harder than normal, and he wound up going over the edge of a cliff. Luckily, nobody was badly hurt, probably because Jesus was his co-pilot. Literally.
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OK, so fast forward like five years. Now, just in time for Holy Week, The Diner, a controversial art exhibit—by political artist Greg Metz—that mimics ‘The Last Supper’ but replaces the disciples with famous vegetarians and shows the dark side of eating meat, is on a cross-country tour of the US. If you’ve never seen it, this thing is actually very cool, with likenesses of Sir Paul McCartney, Jesus, George Bernard Shaw, Louisa May Alcott, Leo Tolstoy, and other vegetarians on one side and graphic images of factory farms and slaughterhouses on the other. And it's all housed in a 1955 Airstream RV. Pretty wild, huh?
As you can imagine, it's getting lots of attention at every stop. Here’s a shot of PETA campaigner Mike Brazell, who has so far been successful at keeping it out of ravines. Have a good tour, Mike, and be safe . . .
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Wow, that is so cool!!!
Posted by: K | March 25, 2007 03:20 PM
I like that the artist put an exhibit like this in an Airstream, the epitome of 50's American whitebread "perfection." Very cool.
Posted by: Greg | March 26, 2007 03:25 PM
Great to see it!! I hope it goes all over the U.S. too!
Posted by: Kathleen Wissenz | March 27, 2007 07:41 AM
wow!!! that is fabulous!!!
Posted by: kris shulfer | March 27, 2007 01:58 PM
Sweet! So when is it comeing to St. Cloud, Minnesota? =)
Posted by: Michael Willemsen | March 28, 2007 03:19 PM
That's great. I also hope you travel all over the U.S.!
Posted by: Margaret | March 29, 2007 01:40 AM