Episode 32: The Menu with Dr. Rebecca Gibson

Jun 18, 2023

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

• Plugs
• Dr. Gibson's Books, twitter: @Rgibsongirl 
• The Blog 
• The Podcast 
• Follow the blog and podcast on Twitter: @TheSociologistS

All Clips were used under faire use 

Stick around for:

• Brian constantly screwing up Chef's name 
• Praise of Elsa's Snark 
• Alenia Chicago