Puerto Rican Day Parade 2007
B and I made our plans to check out the new exhibit at the MoMA before tonight’s housewarming party. Our path to the museum brought us within a block of the 50th annual Puerto Rican Day parade, presided over this year by parade king Ricky Martin.
The parade, which is held the second Sunday in June, marches a route along Fifth Avenue from 44th Street to 86th Street.
The festivities – in my mind, at least — are almost always associated with the infamous Seinfeld episode, in which our favorite foursome run into troubles after getting caught up in the parade mayhem. The chaos culminates with Kramer (Michael Richards) getting chased by an angry mob (led by a couple of gay street toughs) when he is caught stomping on the Puerto Rican flag after accidentally setting fire to it with a sparkler. Later, as wild revelers descend upon Jerry’s abandoned Saab, Kramer remarks, “Well, you know, it’s like this every day in Puerto Rico.”
“The Puerto Rican Day” was the last half hour episode before the hour-long series finale. When Latino groups and their supporters protested over the episode’s portrayal of Puerto Ricans, NBC issued an apology and pulled it from the re-airing schedule. It was returned when the series went into syndication, though it still remains one of the series’ least frequently shown episodes.
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June 24, 2007