An entertaining visual follow-up to the globalization topic.
This is a picture of a McDonald's in Bergamo, Italy.
Can you see the Ronald McDonald on the balcony?
His wave has an uncanny resemblance to a salute an infamous Italian used to make from a balcony sometime in the last century.
Any guesses as to whom I am refering?
The possibilities for social commentary and symbolic analysis are endless...
[Note 1: Sara insisted on stopping the car so she could take the picture. She found this extremely amusing.]
[Note 2: I did go into this McDonald's on several occasions. Once to use the bathroom. Another to wait for a bus when it was raining. And a couple of other times for research purposes - really. One research project had to do where immigrants eat and another one had to do with Food and Identity in Italy - matters for a separate post on a different day. I'll admit that I did get some fries while observing people.]
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