Wait...wut??!? NYT: "A Taste for Cannibalism?"

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/23/style/cannibalism-tv-shows-movies-books.html

No paywall
https://archive.ph/vbFWi

An image came to Chelsea G. Summers: a boyfriend, accidentally on purpose hit by a car, some quick work with a corkscrew and his liver served Tuscan style, on toast.

That figment of her twisted imagination is what prompted Ms. Summers to write her novel, “A Certain Hunger,” about a restaurant critic with a taste for (male) human flesh.

Turns out, cannibalism has a time and a place. In the pages of some recent stomach-churning books, and on television and film screens, Ms. Summers and others suggest that that time is now.

There is “Yellowjackets,” a Showtime series about a high school women’s soccer team stranded in the woods for a few months too many, which premiered in November. The film “Fresh,” released on Hulu in March, involves an underground human meat trade for the rich.

“Lapvona,” Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel published in June, portrays cannibalism in a medieval village overcome by plague and drought. Agustina Bazterrica’s book “Tender Is the Flesh,” released in English in 2020 and in Spanish in 2017, imagines a future society that farms humans like cattle. Also out in 2017, “Raw,” a film by the director and screenwriter Julia Ducournau, tells the story of a vegetarian veterinary student whose taste for meat escalates after consuming raw offal.

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[Mousetoescamper]

1. Timothy...

Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know?

Cannibalism themed song by the Buoys, 1971

Rupert Holmes, who wrote Escape (the Pina Colada song) wanted a song that would be banned, hence the cannibalism theme. The record company said that Timothy was a mule so it could be played on radio, but Holmes confirmed it was about cannibalism.


Musically, the song is very catchy and has great vocals and horn and string arrangements. It was a minor hit, especially with teenagers. We (kids) knew what it was about and loved the song.

[Hugin]

2. It has lost its panache for me after all of these rude Karen videos...

The only dish which comes to mind is frito pie.

[alphafemale]

3. 'Fresh" was extremely disturbing.

Women were kidnapped and imprisoned and periodically taken into surgery to have parts
cut off them. Surgery awake and with out pain meds as I recall.

[Mousetoescamper]

7. That's "entertainment" I'm happy to do without

The Timothy song I mentioned above only implies cannibalism, without getting into gruesome details. Soylent Green was set in 2022, and here we are.

[pansypoo53219]

4. at a LUTHERAN HS i wrote a english paper on cannibalism. "is cannibalism preferred or an aquired

taste. got the title 1st. of course i included communion.

[LymphocyteLover]

5. it's a cheap way to get attention with your artistic endeavor at this point

[Chainfire]

6. Tastes just like chicken. ;)

No need to waste all of that valuable protein.

[tblue37]

8. It's called long pig.