I have never seen the film version of 'Hannibal'. I'm culturally impoverished. Thank you for sharing that sardonic clip here. I *have* been exposed to WaPo's annual updates of "you will eat bugs" as well as The New York Times equivalent, "Consider Cannibalism". I don't know what motivates those periodic NYT human cannibalism articles, as not even our favorite bad guy elites (Klaus and the World Economic Forum) have suggested it... yet?
Getting back to "Hannibal": I recommend the book. It is slow going initially but picks up nicely a third of the way in. Odd as it may seem, 'Hannibal' the book could be considered a literary comedy. Shakespearean comedies involve love, complex plot twists, and end with reunions or marriage. The hero survives and the villain is killed or destroyed in the end, often due to his psychological weakness. I don't think it would be a spoiler to mention that in the end, not one but THREE couples are united, and have wealth and much happiness. Villains are dispatched as deserved. Even the farm animals are spared a gruesome fate. All this, yet there is some cannibalism, but not in the way one might expect.
This was a delightful post, Unhedged Capitalist! I am now your newest subscriber. The Tiger sounds like a good read.
I have never seen the film version of 'Hannibal'. I'm culturally impoverished. Thank you for sharing that sardonic clip here. I *have* been exposed to WaPo's annual updates of "you will eat bugs" as well as The New York Times equivalent, "Consider Cannibalism". I don't know what motivates those periodic NYT human cannibalism articles, as not even our favorite bad guy elites (Klaus and the World Economic Forum) have suggested it... yet?
Getting back to "Hannibal": I recommend the book. It is slow going initially but picks up nicely a third of the way in. Odd as it may seem, 'Hannibal' the book could be considered a literary comedy. Shakespearean comedies involve love, complex plot twists, and end with reunions or marriage. The hero survives and the villain is killed or destroyed in the end, often due to his psychological weakness. I don't think it would be a spoiler to mention that in the end, not one but THREE couples are united, and have wealth and much happiness. Villains are dispatched as deserved. Even the farm animals are spared a gruesome fate. All this, yet there is some cannibalism, but not in the way one might expect.
This was a delightful post, Unhedged Capitalist! I am now your newest subscriber. The Tiger sounds like a good read.
Since Daniel Kahneman passed today, maybe you’ll enjoy his “Thinking, fast and slow”.
A bit long but definitely interesting.
He won Nobel prize for the research in it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow
I read The Tiger years ago. Great book. Lots of insight into the other side of the tracks in far eastern Russia.