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Office Space came out in 1999. Fridays started removing the junk from their walls in 2005 followed by Ruby Tuesday in 2007 because they were supposedly embarras
by sizzzzlerz 10y ago
Office Space came out in 1999. Fridays started removing the junk from their walls in 2005 followed by Ruby Tuesday in 2007 because they were supposedly embarrassed with the depiction of restaurants like theirs in a 6- or 8-year old movie? Not a real strong temporal correlation there.
- gerbilly 10y agoYeah and 'flair' in the movie was something the staff wore, you know buttons and zany accessories. I never thought it referred to the stuff on the walls.
- jonnathanson 10y agoI think a lot of people have conflated those two things over the years.
- DanBC 10y agoOffice Space is often cited as a slow burn sleeper movie, not so popular when it was released, picking up fans over the years.
- jschwartzi 10y agoA lot of Mike Judge's work is like this.
- rhizome 10y agoThe article covers this.
- sverige 10y agoAnd really, by the same reasoning, Fight Club should have killed off Ikea before it ever got big here. Yet every time I turn around, it seems there's a new Ikea going up.
- mindslight 10y agoThat's the speed at which fashion changes. If trends spread instantly, the system might actually converge.