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BEE_REAL_ t1_j6c21v2 wrote

Reply to comment by mikeyfreshh in Why is the foodie archetype the worst person in "The Menu"? by happyposterofham

> The movie was making fun of the snobs that try to gatekeep and insist there's a correct way to enjoy art

By... gatekeeping and refusing to engage with art that's not regular enough ("No bread? That's just pretentious, I'm not eating this")

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mikeyfreshh t1_j6c2fho wrote

Yes. Some of those people have a very specific idea of what the thing they like is supposed to be and they will get all pissed off the art they're looking at doesn't match exactly what they expected.

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BEE_REAL_ t1_j6d4rt5 wrote

This is Anya Taylor Joy's character that does this and she's the ,"down to earth" one who's not into food

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Kitahorror t1_j6cccp2 wrote

I do wonder if that happens though. Like there could be a director out there who really wants to make a Dwayne Johnson shooty bang film but their entire reputation is now staked to producing three-hour black and white misery-fests about poverty stricken Polish farmers.

So now they're really phoning it in. 'Oh yeah... The empty well is totally supposed to symbolise the hopes and dreams of the village, for sure. Whatever.' whilst quietly grumbling to themselves that they could be in Dubai blowing shit up and having fun.

But the critics keep praising them no matter what because they're convinced its still some auteur visionary stuff so the director is never getting free.

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BEE_REAL_ t1_j6d4of1 wrote

> Like there could be a director out there who really wants to make a Dwayne Johnson shooty bang film but their entire reputation is now staked to producing three-hour black and white misery-fests about poverty stricken Polish farmers.

You are pretty much describing what happened to Chantal Akerman when she tried to get funding for her musical comedy Golden Eighties. She ended up cobbling together enough money though and it turned out awesome.

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