Cropsy said:Are Hindu people really into eating monkey brains, snakes and beetles? or was the movie racist towards the people of India?
Benraianajones said:I don't think it was actually a racist jibe at them. Just a chance in an "exotic" location to do something a bit more exotic and obscure with a meal scene.
Dr._Jones_Jr. said:If the meal is so "out of this world and amiss" why does the Maharajah act as though it isn't even happening. He was not Thuggee yet. Also I know that monkey brains are eaten over there. I don't know about the other stuff though. I never got too much more out of the scene other than the whole film is rather dark and gross at times. Maybe there's more to the scene than meets the eye, but it certainly in no means is racist.
I'm not talking about faces of death. Monkeys are a source of food for certain countries due to the overpopulation of the animal and small amount of food people have. Many amazon tribes eat monkeys and their brains as well. I certainly have no concrete evidence of anything. I'm going strickly by what I've read and heard. If it isn't true then it isn't true. Oh and bugs...thats not a big deal. I watched my boyscout leader eat one. Lots of protein. You get lost in the woods,You better learn to eat some worms.ResidentAlien said:Uh... No. To my knowledge, that isn't true. And don't go giving me "video evidence." The video is from Faces of Death and is a known (and obvious) fake of which there is further video from behind the scenes exposing the fake. This is nothing but folklore as far as I know.
Dr._Jones_Jr. said:I'm not talking about faces of death. Monkeys are a source of food for certain countries due to the overpopulation of the animal and small amount of food people have. Many amazon tribes eat monkeys and their brains as well. I certainly have no concrete evidence of anything. I'm going strickly by what I've read and heard. If it isn't true then it isn't true. Oh and bugs...thats not a big deal. I watched my boyscout leader eat one. Lots of protein. You get lost in the woods,You better learn to eat some worms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_brain
Dr._Jones_Jr. said:If the meal is so "out of this world and amiss" why does the Maharajah act as though it isn't even happening. He was not Thuggee yet.
ResidentAlien said:I've seen that page.
Congratulations, you just linked me to Wikipedia! You've just won a complete loss of credibility!
People from China and other countries all say that the monkey myth is just that... a myth.
Now in Cannibal Holocaust (as that page mentions), I do believe they eat the monkey's brains (I don't recall any cuts in the scene though I can check later--the actual monkey slaughter is real). But I'm talking regular, habitual ingestion, not a one-off deal. And to that, I'm fairly certain, there is no evidence to the fact.
Benraianajones said:The Maharahja probably was involved at this point - but keeping it under wraps. That was my impression (unless the "comics/books say he isn't, blah blah).
If that is the case - that he isn't, then it is safe to say the Maharahja's meal
isn't "outlandish" in his eyes and it is a regular thing for them, or as said above, they are eating it in company of guests to play up to the misconception they eat such things normally in "revenge" for people's misconception on the topic.
As for monkeys bein eaten, tribes do eat them...not sure about the brain. And even if they did - Amazon tribes and Indians are slightly different... !
Uki said:I've always been under the impression that the Maharaja was in fact under the influence already of the Thuggee. Note the furtive glance full of meaning between Chattar Lal and the young ruler. That kid was covering for the cultists when Indy and Blumburt got too nosy in their questioning.
My question is this: Didn't Indy worry about offending anyone at the Palace? I don't recall him eating anything at dinner... Of course, I don't think Lal, the Maharaja, or Blumburt did either. I wonder if Lal made a run to Mickey D's afterward...