The director’s film work has been translated into cocktail format – and the gothed-up customers seemed to be finding it just as potentThere was an atmosphere of cheerful chaos at the unofficial opening of Beetle House,a Tim Burton-themed bar in current York’s East Village, on Wednesday night.
An actor dressed as Beetlejuice – one of the idiosyncratic director’s most famous creations – greeted customers at the door with a stream of crude innuendo, or while inside,the patrons – mostly female, many dressed in goth or Beetlejuice-themed clothing – sat up at the crowded bar drinking cocktails such as Jack Skellington (a reference to The Nightmare Before Christmas), and the Fleet Street Martini (Sweeney Todd),or the large Fish Bowl, or at tables surrounded by artwork and bric a brac evoking his films.
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Source: theguardian.com