The Menu (2022)
Paul Adelstein: Ted
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Quotes
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Bryce : What is happening?
Movie Star : It looks so damn real.
Lillian : No, no, no, no. This is, this is just theater, right?
Soren : What the fuck are you talking about, lady? He just fucking shot himself, okay?
Ted : It looked very real, Lillian. Quite real.
Lillian : This is... This is just theater. It's stagecraft.
Soren : Is it really?
Lillian : Yeah. This is what he does. It's part of the menu.
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Chef Slowik : So, here you have house-smoked Bresse chicken thigh al pastor and our own tortillas made with heirloom masa, one of Hawthorn's signature dishes.
Ted : Thank you.
Chef Slowik : We change our menu constantly, but, as Ms. Bloom knows, this has been a staple since day one. It's what you once said...
Lillian : Put you on the map.
Chef Slowik : Put me on the map. Precisely what map would that be... I wonder. Anyways, because we're always innovating, and we fear irrelevance, an update to a classic. The images on the tortillas have been made using a laser-engraving machine. It's the first time we've used it. We hope this taco night evokes strong memories for us all. Enjoy.
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Lillian : There's a neediness to the plating, you know. I mean, it's been tweezered to fuck. But the flavors are there. It's very clean. It's very, um, thalassic.
Ted : Thalassic?
Lillian : Oceanic. Thalassa was the primeval spirit of the sea.
Ted : Oh, Thalassa and Pontus. Yes, yes, yes.
Lillian : Correct. So, we are... We're eating the ocean.
Ted : We're eating the ocean.
