Street Art in LA: Barack Obama to Eat Dinner at Mozza

Outside Mozza at Melrose and Highland, there are two fresh posters comparing Obama's inauguration as the 44th President to Sidney Poitier's portrayal of Dr. John Wade Prentice in the movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. In the classic movie, Prentice's Caucasian fiance introduces him to her family--who is expecting him to be white--for the first time at dinner. Could this be artist Robbie Conal's work or someone else? Posters are graffiti and graffiti is illegal, but it's nice when street art brings dialogue, or at the very least, an interesting perspective.

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I saw that today! It totally caught my eye. The Britney/mccain(?) one. I thought it was pretty damn awesome.

Well, the Spock one and possibly some of the others are MBW (Mr Brainwash), and MBW has been doing lots of other political works around the city lately.

funny, cause he's French.

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