Going to the movies is a standard time killing undertaking for me... We usually take one trip to the theater each week - if there's something to see. The last few weeks we saw some good science fiction (not my favorite) in Star Trek; action movie in The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3; comedy in Whatever Works by my favorite director Woody Allen. All these were entertaining and I took something from it. Today we switched gears and saw a new documentary (I love documentaries). This one was titled Food, Inc.
It was an interesting, informative movie about everything that goes into the foods that we eat. I knew what I was in for and purposely didn't buy any M&Ms going into the theater. It does seem that most of what we eat is corn based. I think you can make anything out of corn - even diapers and batteries. There was plenty of footage of slaughterhouses where cows, pigs and chickens met their untimely ends. You may need to divert your eyes as they decapitate the chickens in some kind of Willy Wonka-esque head removal machine.
There were the usual villains in a story like this who naturally refused to be interviewed. I was hoping to hear from some suits from Monsanto, Tyson and Perdue. I'm sure Frank Perdue or one of his surviving sons could have lightened up the mood of this morbid reality check. Their current TV ads are so warm and fuzzy with their chickens who they named..Picture their prize hen Hazel sliding into the decapitator and having her throat cut, having her blood drained and a farewell wish from one of the boys "see ya at KFC, Hazel."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment