A documentary on the oddball Greenwich Village eatery, Shopsin's.
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Michael Fishman | ... | Himself |
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John A. Papa | ... | Himself |
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Eve Shopsin | ... | Herself |
| Kenny Shopsin | ... | Himself | |
| Calvin Trillin | ... | Himself | |
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A documentary on the oddball Greenwich Village eatery, Shopsin's.
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EnglishRelease Date:
January 2004 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USAEdit
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Opening Weekend USA:
$5,487, 30 July 2006, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$14,721, 13 August 2006Company Credits
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Kenny Shopsin: The first duty of everybody in life is to realize that they're a piece of shit. Selfish and self-centered and not very good. You're willing to sacrifice 20 thousand people in another country just so you can go to a Wings concert. You sacrifice the lives of a hundred thousand Chinese female babies just so you can rent this f'ing camera and do your stupid art project. No problem! You're a piece of shit. Once you realize you're a piece of shit it's not so hard to take. Because then you don't have ...See more »
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It's OK for private business owners to have rules, but it's not OK to be unreasonable about their enforcement. So, he has a rule no parties over 4 people, fine. But when a party of 5, 6, 7-8 politely agrees to split in half, kicking them out is unacceptable. Especially when foul language, totally unprovoked, is involved.
As other reviewers have said, this is a nice slice of life in our largest and meanest city. I love food, and good restaurants. I totally support mom and pop's and spurn chains whenever I can. Usually the quality is much higher, because mom and pop's aren't being driven by Wall Street investors looking for the max return on investment at all costs to the consumer. The M&P's are actually run by real humans who, of course, need to make a profit and living, like the rest of us, but *may* still have some pride (and some shame) in what they are doing. Usually a much better bet than the investor backed chains.
I found it a very entertaining little documentary, and I wish the family the best, but it is no accident that the YouTube page I found it on also has many links that debate the difference between psychopath/sociopath, and some serial killer docs as well.
New York's "friendly" neighborhood restaurant proprietor has a marked mental illness. Mostly I feel sorry for him, his family and his masochistic patrons.
Don't believe me? Look up reviews on Yelp.