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B.L.T. | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer
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11/27/2023
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00:00
[Waves crashing]
00:06
[Water dripping]
00:08
[Drums]
00:12
The sandwich.
00:15
Known by the average population as an item of food consisting of two pieces of bread with a filling between them.
00:21
Usually eaten as a light meal.
00:23
But I find this definition unsatisfactory.
00:26
It is a culinary masterpiece. Gastronomical art. It has been pertinent throughout history.
00:33
From the first conception of the Koretsch, invented in Jerusalem,
00:36
before baby Jesus could even carry his little infant legs from one side of the room to the other.
00:41
To the contemporary creations of today.
00:43
Like the panini grill, which came as a beacon of hope in 2002,
00:47
following the clearly drab times that 9/11 brought with it.
00:50
It reminded the world that any pain can be repaired with the right bite.
00:54
Each layer, each flavor representing its own identity, its own addition to the art.
01:00
The bread. The base of the most traditional sandwiches.
01:04
It represents the gift of God according to many pieces of literature.
01:08
Most famously including a pretty well-known book called the Bible.
01:12
It is the body of Christ in the same way that it is the body of the sandwich.
01:16
It reminds us that we are in union on the hunt for sustenance, both spiritually and physically.
01:22
From peasants to plentiful, we all seek, we all need, until one man decides to need.
01:29
To dedicate his time and his effort into creation, until he can make.
01:34
And then, in the cyclical nature of society, he waits for it to break.
01:39
To break the mold and create once more.
01:42
To evolve his creation from one medium to the next.
01:44
For now, he has learned how to get his bread buttered.
01:51
So the bread, the original art, is used in an ingredient to create an even greater masterpiece.
01:57
It has evolved. Used a singular ingredient in a greater idea.
02:02
A sandwich.
02:04
It can be filled with many different ideas and concepts that can speak to different masses of people.
02:09
A popular topping is the tomato.
02:11
Defiant and bold, it challenges the very nature of the bread it tops.
02:16
Just opposing the religious views of the loaf with a sultry, sensual red that gleams out in retaliation.
02:23
You see, the Christian church actually disapproved of the tomato consumption in the 16th century, deeming them to be lewd.
02:30
The Italian word for tomato is "pomodoro," which translates to "love apples."
02:35
So the artist now takes this sultry snack and challenges the sexual repression of our ancestors,
02:43
bringing forth a new concept that challenges our views on not just the food we eat, but the love and intimacy in our own lives.
02:51
As humans, we constantly strive to progress and advance, and this is made no more apparent than in the sandwiches we create.
02:59
We layer up what we already know with further ideologies, possibly balancing the lustful tomato with frigid lettuce,
03:07
which was used throughout a lot of history as a remedy to counteract aphrodisiacs.
03:12
This was a belief dating back to ancient Greeks, as even the god Aphrodite, who's known for her sensuality,
03:18
would have had her desires repressed by this leafy green.
03:22
Now, whether this balancing of sex and suppression actually works is irrelevant.
03:27
It's the statement of the lettuce that means the crunch of its leaves are so satisfying.
03:32
It falls back against the previous rise from oppression that the tomato brought on us from the bread,
03:37
adding a touch of irony to this crusted craft.
03:41
[Music]
03:47
Now, although a sandwich of this nature may already hold so much wisdom,
03:51
it is but one ingredient away from the most famous masterpiece of the last century.
03:57
That, of course, is the BLT of 1903.
04:01
First published in the Good Housekeeping Everyday Cookbook,
04:05
it simply took the foundation of what we know and added one delectable ingredient.
04:11
Bacon.
04:12
A cured, thin slice of meat taken from the belly of a pig, dripping with flavors and fats,
04:17
it laughed at our own human ambitions, representing the greed of mankind,
04:21
as we dared to venture one step further into our sandwich stream.
04:25
The pig has been used throughout the ages to represent gluttony.
04:29
The BLT is only one example of an infinite number of bread-based brilliance.
04:35
Each filling and bread type have their own story and their own messages.
04:39
They are the single most brilliant teachers on this planet, as we don't just digest the meal,
04:45
we can digest the ideologies it holds within, too.
04:49
[Music]
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