The Menu and She Said

HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano have fun in this podcast episode describing what's on the menu in "The Menu," in which Ralph Fiennes plays a dictatorial chef overseeing the tasting menu in an upscale restaurant catering to well-heeled gastro tourists. Although the plot goes to thematic extremes, what's wickedly amusing is that some of the bizarre dishes are close to what is actually served in such restaurants. Marie and Mike also talk about "She Said," which follows the journalistic investigation by two female New York Times reporters into the behavior of movie producer Harvey Weinstein.  Marie and Mike question some of the choices made in terms of the narrative construction, but they agree that this is an important story that needs to be told; and its importance is reinforced through the strong performances by Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan as the reporters. 

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