Putney Swope (Promo Image with Vintage Print Effect/Robert Downey) ace of base shirt she crashed into New York’s

she crashed into New York’s underground scene and became its glittering

and famously welcoming crowd

Asians—while proudly centering itself as a gay space

The ads were often as memorable as the products—campy

The bar even hosted the first location of A Taste of Leather

Putney Swope (Promo Image with Vintage Print Effect/Robert Downey) ace of base shirt she crashed into New York’sPutney Swope Film T Shirt (1969) Released in 1969, Putney Swope is one of the sharpest and most incendiary satires of late 1960s America a no budget, no permission takedown of advertising, capitalism, race, and media power. Written, directed by, and starring Robert Downey Sr., the film detonated like a prank played at full volume. The story follows the accidental rise of Putney Swope, a Black man suddenly installed as head of a Madison Avenue ad