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What It's Like To Be Princess Leia Walking Around NYC For 10 Hours
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John Del Signore
Published Nov 12, 2014
Modified Nov 12, 2014
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John Del Signore
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If you're familiar with that video documenting one woman's experience being endlessly catcalled while walking around NYC, and if you have a passing familiarity with the motion picture franchise Star Wars, then perhaps you'll enjoy this video revealing what it's like to be Princess Leia on the move in Manhattan, as a seemingly endless array of scruffy-looking nerf-herders harass your highness. Laugh it up, fuzzball:
The video, which smartly uses soundclips from Episodes III through V, was produced by YouTube jokers Are We There Yet? Be advised that it is the last riff on that street harassment video which we will be sharing on Gothamist... Unless or until someone does 10 Hours Of "The Dude" Walking Around Pasadena Surrounded By Human Paraquats.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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