Food fight
Here's a description of this Food Fight video on YouTube: "An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict." It's absurdist but weirdly not funny after awhile. There's also a link to a Web site that will tell you about the foods used. Thanks to Jay Hancock for passing this along.
Comments
Which is why the country needs a Department of Peace.
Posted by: Robert (the Single One) | March 12, 2008 9:30 PM
Hilarious. I wish they started with the Spanish-American War, the first show of true agression: I can just see cheeseburgers fighing paellas and jamon ibericos - hmm, come to think of it, I'm conflicted on where to side on that one.
Posted by: Eric (P.O.G.) | March 13, 2008 12:34 AM
That started out kind of funny/cute and then became disturbing.
RtSO, what food would you think would represent the Department of Peace.
Posted by: Rosebud | March 13, 2008 6:58 AM
America's first real act of aggression was in 1898? It makes me heap big nostalgic to be home.
Posted by: Owl Meat Geronimo | March 13, 2008 8:04 AM
This is not absurdist; it's surreal and far from hilarious. I applaud the creativity of the filmmakers. However, the horror of war is all too present whether this is tongue-in-cheek or not. And the twin (burger) towers shot is painful to watch.
It must be hellish to be a soldier. My niece is in Baghdad right now and her husband is in Afghanistan. May the Deity watch over them all regardless of their side.
Posted by: Piano Rob | March 13, 2008 9:27 AM
OMG - is that Iron Eyes Cody?
Posted by: Rosebud | March 13, 2008 9:54 AM
Yup, Iron Eyes Cody, the Indian who cries when you choose plastic bags at Ho Foods, AKA Espera DeCorti son of Sicilian immigrants and totally fake Indian.
Posted by: OMG | March 13, 2008 10:47 AM
When my kids were young, they used to be horrified if someone threw their MacDonald's wrapper out of the car window becaue it would "make the Indian cry" and was, therefore, a really bad thing to do.
Posted by: Rosebud | March 13, 2008 11:34 AM
Two minutes: amusing to disturbing and gone.
DoP food? I've been thinking and thinking. I've got nothing. Angel food cake? Maybe because we see peace so little, no food creates an association. I think I'll go back to my garret, eat my moldy cheese and be depressed.
Posted by: Robert (the Single One) | March 13, 2008 11:58 AM
Good point OMG, I can actually take you seriously on that one =)
Posted by: Eric (P.O.G.) | March 13, 2008 12:22 PM
Oh man....Department of Peace....May the Diety watch over them all regardless of their side.
You all can get together this evening with a bowl of borscht and sing a little Kumbaya. As for me, I'm going to make a steak and watch some reruns of Walker Texas Ranger.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | March 13, 2008 1:05 PM
For what would I rather be known: wanting peace or thinking war is a good thing? That's a tough one.
Posted by: Robert (the Single One) | March 13, 2008 1:17 PM
Department of Peace would have to be represented by angel food cake--or cream puffs.
Posted by: Dahlink | March 13, 2008 2:30 PM
For a part in the video, cream puffs would be great casting as Peace. And picture the combatants being covered by the cream filling.
Posted by: Robert | March 13, 2008 5:20 PM
Think I'm just gonna duck down here if the two (three?) Roberts come to blows--over a food fight. Call me a cream puff--I don't care. Sticks and stones, etc. etc.
Posted by: Dahlink | March 14, 2008 7:00 AM
Dahlink - if the two (or three?) Roberts come to blows with a food fight, I shall be the one at the keyboard accompanying the fracas a la silent movies. However, I'm sure that RtSO will be too concerned with Book's safety to engage in fisticuffs, cyber or real.
Strangely, thanks to another Robert, I find the picture of a cream-filling covered war zone difficult to erase from my grey cells.
Posted by: Piano Rob | March 14, 2008 10:18 AM
The mystery Robert is me. I visited another blog (oh the shame) and shorted the name so as not to confuse those folk. I forgot to add back tso, so the good news is there isn't another Robert to track.
Posted by: Robert (the Single One) | March 14, 2008 11:06 AM
Whew - thanks for easing my ancient brain, RtSO. And for your penance for visiting a foreign blog, have a Hot Pocket for lunch.
Posted by: Piano Rob | March 14, 2008 11:30 AM
Blog Pocket!
Posted by: OMG | March 14, 2008 11:58 AM
I did have a good excuse: the topic was the new digital opera productions.
Posted by: Robert (the Single One) | March 14, 2008 1:00 PM
Whatever you say Opera Rob. You were probably ironing your cape.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravityboots | March 14, 2008 1:49 PM
OMG: did Mom let you into the family album, again? (And the cape is Sanforized, so it doesn't need ironing.)
Posted by: Robert (the Single One) | March 14, 2008 2:12 PM
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