Could You Eat Just A Little Bit of Shit

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Good afternoon sir, can I help you with something? White bread? You'll find that over at aisle 13 sir, right next to canned vegetables and artificially homemade pies.

And don't forget shoppers, today's specialists spam meat surges that looks and acts just like the real thing.

Eight ounce cans for just 55 cents.

Another bargain buy from your super savings food store.

And remember, there's a free gallon of ice cream waiting for you if our checker doesn't cost a price on every item.

Hey, Manny, how much are the 12 ounce jars of mayo? Well first of all, the spam has to be the right thickness when you cut it.

Because if it's too thin, it has a tendency to curl up in the frying pan and turn into a little chip.

And I like to fry them in a little bit of butter because it makes them so they don't stick to the pan and gives them a little extra flavor.

The bread of course has to be very fresh.

For some reason it goes a lot better on white bread.

It has to be a soft sandwich, soft, fresh stone.

I tell you, if it's not fresh it's not really a work of art, which a spam and mayo is really a work of art.

It's beautiful.

The mayonnaise is also important.

It has to be spread smoothly.

It takes a little skill and practice.

And you cook them until they're sort of a light golden brown.

It gives them a nice texture on the outside and they're soft in the middle.

That first bite is always the big one.

I don't know, there's usually a lot of stone.

You get into this junk food a lot more than you do.

Normally anyway.

It just seems to feel good or something.

You don't get as sick of it.

You don't get any shit like pretzels and dip or...

Nacho cheese flavored, whatever.

She gets a damn high.

You just sort of feel like a real hungry.

Once you start eating, you just can't stop.

Especially if you go fucking M &M's.

But I ain't too good for you.

You eat all this shit off of them and go stone.

It's like being able to feed you some candy bars all the time.

Son of a bitch.

This is the most disgusting fucking thing I've ever eaten.

Bazirco! Bazirco! Refuel yourself in an atmosphere of righteous indignation.

At Bob's, you don't have to leave your loved one in the street.

Your car is as welcome as you are.

Meals cooked with real religious fervor.

So don't get a job.

Hang out at Bob's.

Take up Ulstery Avenue in the corner of 3rd and Furniture.

Turn right at the statue of the square round poet and you're at...

Bazirco Lounge! It's weird.

Are they going to make any discussion again tonight? Ah, anything to make a turn.

Oh how disgusting.

Date Of Production

1975

Abstract

A slyly subversive student film from the mid 1970s exploring the pitfalls of American consumer culture through the framework of a stoner comedy.

The film was made when Benoit was a student at the University of Iowa in 1975.

Description

The film begins with a close-up of a young man munching loudly on chips and other types of junk food. This is followed by shots of canned goods in the grocery aisle, and a sequence on the joys of making a spam sandwich. This is intercut with scenes of students smoking marijuana, then eating copious amounts of junk food from the vending machines. There are shots of a Pizza Hut, King's Food Host, and a few other fast food establishments strewn throughout - presumably - Iowa, where the film was ostensibly made.

Run Time

0:07:38

Format

16mm

Extent

275 feet

Color

B&W

Sound

Optical

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Element

Distribution Print

Genre

Comedy

Form

Short
Amateur

Subject

Political satire
Consumer goods
Consumers

Related Collections

James Benoit Collection

Related Places

North America ➜ United States

Main Credits

James Benoit (is filmmaker)

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