The ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ That Went Viral Nearly 20 Years Later

Fame, they say, is a fickle beast. No one can put a figure on the amount of makeup tutorials, newly invented dances, dangerous stunts, or outrageous opinions being created every minute of every day by countless people hoping that all the effort they put in will catapult them to fame. But back in 1991, most people hadn’t heard of the Internet (although it had been around for about eight years), and enduring national fame was reserved for the likes of Australian entertainers Dame Edna and Peter Allen. And then, via the unlikely medium of TV, news footage of an arrest at a Brisbane Chinatown restaurant, a star was born who—to those who were around at the time, and those who’ve since discovered the film online—has, amazingly, endured despite all the competition for our attention....