{"id":75117,"date":"2026-08-09T09:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=75117"},"modified":"2026-08-09T09:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:39:26","slug":"on-the-menu-what-the-odyssey-tells-us-about-the-age-old-concept-of-hospitality-and-respect-for-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=75117","title":{"rendered":"On the Menu | What The Odyssey tells us about the age-old concept of hospitality and respect for others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While there has been plenty of dialogue about its ambitious and creative retelling of the Greek classic, from casting decisions to its audacious use of 70mm IMAX film (leading to its own mountain of memes), I naturally gravitated towards the culinary symbolism throughout the screening.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">There is, of course, <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">that<\/em> grotesque sequence<\/span> where the cunning sorceress Circe uses her cooking to turn Odysseus\u2019 soldiers into pigs. It is a visceral scene, and a pointed allusion to the insatiable greed of the men who have plundered and pillaged their way through the world at the expense of others. \u201cThis is what they are,\u201d Circe drily tells Odysseus, asserting that she had simply revealed the true nature of his crew.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">It is also a moment that calls to mind the infamous transformation of Chihiro\u2019s parents into massive, greedy swine in the 2001 Studio Ghibli classic <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Spirited Away<\/em><\/span><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">.<\/em><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In the animated film, the malevolent witch Yubaba also insinuates that the pair had brought it upon themselves. \u201cYou humans always make a mess of things,\u201d she hisses at Chihiro.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-d3pq8q e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A still from Spirited Away (2001) in which Chihiro\u2019s parents are turned into pigs. Photo: courtesy of Studio Ghibli\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/08\/06\/1a82038c-fb59-46d5-8076-d10c4bd2bc17_c04815e5.jpg\" title=\"A still from Spirited Away (2001) in which Chihiro\u2019s parents are turned into pigs. Photo: courtesy of Studio Ghibli\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">A still from Spirited Away (2001) in which Chihiro\u2019s parents are turned into pigs. Photo: courtesy of Studio Ghibli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The follies of men are seen through the detestable Antinous, played by <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Robert Pattinson<\/span>, who leans fully into the role of villain, scoffing at the idea of welcoming vagrants \u2013 calling them \u201cplate-lickers\u201d \u2013 at the table in the palace of Ithaca. \u201cWould somebody get these beggars out of here?\u201d he declares, smirking, unaware of the true identity of the hooded figure before him.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3363120\/what-odyssey-tells-us-about-age-old-concept-hospitality-and-respect-others?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While there has been plenty of dialogue about its ambitious and creative retelling of the Greek classic, from casting decisions to its audacious use of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[27899,10520,13236,739,5301,12421,2396],"class_list":["post-75117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-ageold","tag-concept","tag-hospitality","tag-menu","tag-odyssey","tag-respect","tag-tells","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}