Short Shorts, Long Lawsuit
In 1993, a man applies to wait tables at a Hooters outside Chicago, gets turned away for being a man, and sues. Meanwhile, a federal agency wants Hooters to hire men, and Hooters fights back with billboards of a mustachioed guy in a blonde wig, a rally during a government shutdown, and orange flying discs mailed to Congress. Maggie walks Joel, who has never applied, through the fight over who gets to carry the wings, and the insurance traps hiding in every help-wanted sign.
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