On this month's episiode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, Dr. Rebecca Gibson and I are dining at Hawthorne as we discuss the 2022 Horror/Satire The Menu. Dinner conversation includes: The intricacies of class struggles, the media food culture and a lot about masculinity and the gendering of food and eating. This Podcast will be plated in Five! "Yes, Chef!"
Production Notes:
Intro: 0:00-3:20
- Disclaimer
- Preview
- The Satler and Waldorf of Academic Film Snobs
Basics of the Film 3:23-18:46
- The Plot
- Food Porn
- Trivia
- Margot and Tyler
- The Tech Bros.
Historical Context: 19:00-65:28
- The Rise of the Media Food Culture
- Weberian Bureaucratic consumption of food
- Commercial Kitchens and Media Violence
- Disreguarding Servers
- Holding up a Mirror to Ourselves
- "What did Chef say to Tyler?"
- "What School did you go to?"
- A Culture of COVID films?
- A Color Interleude
Social Analysis: 65:42-113:15
- Veblen's Conspricious Consumption
- The Film's Broad take on Class
- Servers as the Elite
- Socially Conditioned not to Fight
- The Importance of 'the Burger"
- The Masculinity of The Menu
Outtro: 113:17-115:00
All Clips were used under faire use
Stick around for:
- Brian constantly screwing up Chef's name
- Praise of Elsa's Snark
- Alenia Chicago
