Buca di Beppo, America’s Most Postmodern Red Sauce Chain

Re:Buca di Beppo, America’s Most Postmodern Red Sauce Chain by tschwimmer on Monday April 22, 2019 @05:46PM (#19723308)

I'm glad I found someone that feels that same way. I used to walk by a BdB on my way to work and I couldn't help but notice the horribly stereotypical cartoon they use as their mascot.[0] My thought experiment for this image is: Imagine how this type of caricature looks like for pretty much any other genre of restaurant (Chinese food, sushi, burritos, etc). It's probably super offensive. To me, that's a good indicator that this caricature is offensive too.

[0] https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/06/d7/fd/30/...

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Re:Buca di Beppo, America’s Most Postmodern Red Sauce Chain by Stratoscope on Monday April 22, 2019 @06:22PM (#19723606)

Aw, she reminds me of my mom, right down to the hair curlers!

My mom passed away many years ago, but I'm pretty sure she would have found it funny. She loved that kitschy stuff!

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Re:Buca di Beppo, America’s Most Postmodern Red Sauce Chain by brandonmenc on Monday April 22, 2019 @09:17PM (#19724783)

> I'm pretty sure she would have found it funny

Exactly!

I think Italian-Americans see "cultural appropriation", caricature, non-Italians portraying Italians in movies, etc as part of the process of integration.

If someone with no Italian heritage wants to open up a pizza shop or sell pasta and put a big statue of Mario in front, go right ahead! If it's good, we'll eat there.

You know who made the best pizzelles in my family - by far? My mom's Irish-German stepfather.

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