IVIV: Vegetable of the Day
Tore Rye Andersen
torerye at hotmail.com
Mon Sep 14 12:06:56 CDT 2009
John Bailey:
> Penny orders a meaty sandwich (ham, lamb or beef) while Doc opts for
> steamed brussel sprouts and grabs some tabasco. I'd like to read this
> as a pro-veg comment on the carnivorous nature of Them (and P is
> buddy-buddy with animal activist Coetzee, no?) but his propensity for
> chili dogs sort of undermines that reading.
I still think it's a pretty good reading, despite the chili dogs (I mean:
who can resist a chili dog). AtD certainly had its fair share of pro-veg
comments, from those fantastic scenes in Chicago slaughterhouses to that
melancholy yet catchy tango "Vegetariano" - strategically placed only a
couple-three pages before the end of those 1100 pages.
As for those chili dogs: Hey, even vegetarians get the munchies.
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