FOOD & DRINK
Times Square’s giant hot dog is apparently a meat manifesto about toxic masculinity
One of the gravest mistakes a person can make is overthinking a hot dog. Just accept that the frankfurter, which has been sitting all day in cloudy water, is delicious, slather it in mustard and don’t ask too many questions. But blissful ignorance is not the mindset of the Brooklyn-based artists behind the new 65-foot, giant hot dog sculpture that landed in Times Square this week. Buckle up. Because these sculptors, Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw, have delivered a meat manifesto. Their titanic sausage is apparently meant to “examine consumption, capitalism, class and contemporary culture,” Times Square Arts’ website amazingly reads. A kooky press release...
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