Welcome to my Oscars’ Countdown! The past few years, I’ve done a tasting menu the night of the Oscars where I make as many installations as there are Best Picture Nominees. It all started as an idea in 2019, the morning of the Oscars, when I was nursing a hangover at a diner. I hastily scrambled during the day to buy all of the ingredients and make 8 different things that night, without ever watching one of the movies. Since 2020, I’ve made it my task to watch each nominee before coming up with a respective culinary offering. This year, though, I’m trying something a little different. Instead of posting everything the night of the big show, I’m going to lead up with daily posts, as well as two final posts on Sunday.
This movie was reminiscent of certain aspects of two other nominees. It had the panache of Tar and a bit of zaniness of Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. Throw in a little nod to Lost and Gilligan’s Island and you have Triangle of Sadness. I wanted to dislike this movie, and while I don’t think it’ll win any awards, it is worthy of a view. The movie pretty much has 3 distinct acts, and as much as I disliked Yaya from the outset, by the end, I actually felt sorry for her. So, good on the writer/director for that, at least.
In the middle of the movie’s second act, there is a fancy Captain’s dinner that takes place in rough seas (if you have a weak constitution, consider yourself forewarned). Juxtaposed to the chaos, are some beautifully plated, exquisite meals. I knew my assignment. I settled on the octopus course and present the following life-imitating-art installation of my tasting menu. Much like my prior life-imitating-art installation of Joker, there is no recipe as this isn’t a meal I would say was tasty. It was strictly putting the pieces all together for a beautiful photo. Not much depth, reminiscent of the high-fashion models in the movie.
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