— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
I don’t remember where I saw this first (sorryboutit, ‘internet journalism’), but when I heard they were talking about “The Mission” on The View, I was kind of excited. Then I realized they were talking about La Mission. Zzzzz. But still, the beginning of the interview Whoopi makes the claim that “people don’t know about the Mission.” Really? I mean, I suppose that is true on some levels. When it comes to Latino culture, then definitely. But what about the art/fixie/fashion/’weird ice cream flavors’/”I heard about My First Earthquake before you did”/alcoholism? A lot of that “San Francisco brand-awareness” is coming right from the Mission. True, most people can’t point to it on a map but that’s what google search is for.
BTdubs Whoopi, loved you in Sister Act. Outter Mission/Noe Valley love!
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When the ex-husband of the Pretty WOman uses the word “homes” or whatever the spelling is, over and over and over, it makes me want to heave. Maybe they could do a clash of the Hollywood cultural cliches – La Treme. Its a story about plucky white people and their soulful tattooed people of color neighbors. All set at a taco stand in the French Quarter.
Yay for Sister Act reference! Outer Mission’s a coupla miles away from St. Paul’s and that part of Noe Valley where SA was shot, but whatevs, still fun to see Actual Hollywood Stuff around when I was a kid!