every take on Hannibal (the book) is wrong bc no one understands that it's actually about taste
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Hmm but the most iconic scene is that fava beans one which is exactly that so people do get it 🤔
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they get that lecter is an urbane villain, not any sorts of specfic idea-level things about taste. also that line is from "the silence of the lambs" movie not the book "hannibal."
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Ah ok, I’ve only watched the movies. What’s the most interesting idea-level thing about taste in the books+movies? I too don’t get much beyond basic urbane taste. Maybe a sense of minimalist simplicity = more horrifying. Ingredients aside, his cooking style is very elemental.
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you sniped me with that question, so i'll probably end up turning it into a blog post, ha. i don't know about "interesting" but i'd say it's main statement about taste is something like "the cause of and solution to all of [some people's] problems"
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