5/15/2023 0 Comments Lust at first bite hbo![]() The sense of hierarchy in these places is very clear and very strong. The cooks were obsessed with the Chef because that is the prevailing culture in these restaurants. So I feel that I have a vantage point that hasn’t been expressed here thus far. I was even present for the filming of the Chef’s Table episode on Dan Barber. I attended the Culinary Institute of America, worked for free at the Restaurant at Meadowood in Napa Valley for about a year, worked for about 4 years under Dan Barber at Blue Hill and Blue hill at Stone Barns in New York, and did a brief stint in Mexico at Quitonil, as well as years at a number of lesser known Michelin rated restaurants, all as a cook and sous chef. However, I have worked for years in some of the best known restaurants at roughly the level Hawthorne is meant to represent. The world SEEMS to be rooted in reality, so why do the characters behave so nonsensically?Īlright, I’m no movie expert and have never really been great at identifying underlying symbolism in film. I know this is supposed to also be a 'dark comedy' but I don't think it's an excuse for these things to be presented and have absolutely no explanation. These are some of the questions I can remember off the top of my head. Is the answer really just "Cause it's a dark comedy" ? So why does she stop the boat and eat her burger like it's no big deal as she watches everyone burn to death? INCLUDING the innocent clients whose 'crimes' included going to a private college with no debt and acting in a bad movie. And she found had empathy for the other clients, to the point where she openly tells them SHE called the coast guard to help them all escape. Could he really just commit suicide based on what the chef whispered? No matter how mean it was? And why exactly and how did he manage to have some personal contact with the main chef? He seems like a very deranged individual whose life revolves entirely around the restaurant. Was there anything deeper to Margot's date/client? Or was he literally just an insane individual? It is told to us that he was, for some reason, so accepting of his death that he went in knowing he'd die, just wanting to experience it all, even going as far as telling his girlfriend who breaks up with him. But the peak of ridiculousness is them simply sitting down in place as they are dressed with chocolate and marshmallows just to watch the Chef walk in slowly and essentially murder them all. The Chef even remarks in an earlier scene that they could've easily escaped or somehow overcome their captors. Why does everyone simply accept their murder? The clients, I mean. What's inside of the exact same door back in the main restaurant? It's clearly a big deal since Margot was told not to touch it when she was trying to find the bathroom. The grey door seems to lead into a sort of special bedroom where it's hinted he even has (or had) a family. Huh? Does this mean everyone rehearsed it? In there? Why is it such a big reveal? Margot reacts in a way that expresses her surprise pretty openly to get the viewer's attention. Why is there an exact replica of the restaurant inside of the Chef's supposed "Home" where no one is allowed to enter? I assume that he was somehow planning it beforehand, but like. ![]() ![]() Why does he purposefully lie about them needing a barrel to make her fetch it? Why does his "Right Hand" of sorts shout "You will not replace me!!!" To Margot when she's trying to kill her? Wasn't she aware that they would all die in the end anyway? What does she mean with "replace" really? What was the purpose of creating such chaos in the first place for the main chef? Why does the Main Chef obsess with the protagonist girl 'Margot' beyond the fact she's also someone working in the service industry (as a prostitute). I know the movie hints to the idea of it being a cult of some sort. Why were all the cooks so obsessed with the main Chef? Why did they simply accept the idea of dying? It is told to us that he wasn't even the one who suggested the idea of everyone dying, it was simply another cook. However, rather than shitting on the movie, I want to see if anyone can answer some of these questions that leave me so frustrated. ![]() I just watched The Menu and, while it had a lot of potential, the ending and lack of resolution to many questions the movie poses just ended up leaving me with a sour taste.
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