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"I Am Spartacus!" Starbucks Prank - Movies In Real Life

submitted by ant

1 decade 5 months 3 weeks ago

"Full Story: http://dft.ba/-spartacus ... For our latest mission we staged the iconic "I am Spartacus!" scene from Spartacus in a Manhattan Starbucks. I ordered a drink and gave the name "Spartacus." When the barista called the name, a group of 20 men stood up one-by-one proclaiming to be Spartacus. The real punchline arrived at the end, when a man dressed as a Roman slave arrived to claim the beverage. The scene was produced without the knowledge of the Starbucks..."

"I'm Spartacus!"

2 Comments

oritteropo

says...

I suppose it would be nitpicking to point out that the movie made that bit up, and that Plutarch reported that:

[Spartacus] made straight for Crassus himself, charging forward through the press of weapons and wounded men, and, though he did not reach Crassus, he cut down two centurions who fell on him together. Finally, when his own men had taken to flight, he himself, surrounded by enemies, still stood his ground and died fighting to the last.