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Yesterday some girl was wearing one of those T shirts in a newspaper photo. I'd never saw them before. Is it related to Carpenter's movie?

> Is [OBEY] related to Carpenter's movie?

Yes. This is covered a bit in jwz's writeup "They Live and the secret history of the Mozilla logo".

I think very few people realize Shepard Fairey ripped off Carpenter’s “They Live” movie.

And that "They Live" was heavily influenced by the work of Barbara Kruger.

Oh wow. I had never seen her work, but a quick Google Images search totally confirms that.

yeah, she doesn't get talked about enough for how much she has influenced pop culture