{"id":1665,"date":"2010-07-14T09:22:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T13:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2010-07-14T09:23:02","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T13:23:02","slug":"star-wars-invades-new-york-city-subway-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2010\/07\/star-wars-invades-new-york-city-subway-system\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Invades The New York City Subway System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"406\" height=\"244\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/J5gCeWEGiQI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/J5gCeWEGiQI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"406\" height=\"244\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>One of the wonderful things about living in New York City for an artist is having the opportunity to share your work with any number of people at a moment&#8217;s notice. No matter the time of day, whether you&#8217;re in the park, strolling along the sidewalk or traveling via mass transit, there&#8217;s always someone around, always a captive audience&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a title=\"Stormtroopers invade a NYC subway car.\" rel=\"lightbox-starwarsImprov\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/improv-stormtroopers-nyc-subway.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin: 0 0 8 8;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/improv-stormtroopers-nyc-subway.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Stormtroopers invade a NYC subway car.\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a>Enter <a href=\"http:\/\/improveverywhere.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Improv Everywhere <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, a New York City-based group of roving performers who create scenes in public spaces without warning. One of their more recent forays plunged into the city&#8217;s subway system, the number 6 train to be precise. I&#8217;m not going to spoil it for you; just know that you&#8217;re getting a memorable scene from &#8220;Star Wars,&#8221; reenacted to the amusement of the gathered subway riders.<\/p>\n<p>Also note that none of the Imperial Stormtroopers are carrying fake blaster rifles. Hey&#8211; it&#8217;s still New York!<\/p>\n<p>This story from: <a href=\"http:\/\/moviesblog.mtv.com\/2010\/07\/14\/star-wars-invades-the-new-york-city-subway-system\/\" target=\"_new\"><i>MTV Movies Blog<\/i> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\nSee also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2010\/01\/rochester_misses_out_on_no_pants_subway_ride\/\"><i>No Pants Subway Ride<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the wonderful things about living in New York City for an artist is having the opportunity to share your work with any number of people at a moment&#8217;s notice. No matter the time of day, whether you&#8217;re in the park, strolling along the sidewalk or traveling via mass transit, there&#8217;s always someone around, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[399,460],"tags":[843,621,844,308,17,3598,310,401,842],"class_list":["post-1665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york-city-subway","category-subways-around-the-globe","tag-imperial-stormtroopers","tag-improv-everywhere","tag-mtv","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-subway","tag-ny","tag-nyc-subway","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1968,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions\/1968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}