‘Soylent Green’ Trends After NYT Asks Why Cannibalism is So Fashionable

In one NYT piece, Twitter is abuzz over the issue of cannibalism and why it’s so trendy now… ominously reminding people of an old movie that touches on this very topic.

The shaking published by the title of the Saturday paper is “A Taste for Cannibalism?” … and the Times’ tweet promoting it reads … “Cannibalism has its time and place. Some recent books, movies and shows suggest the time is now. Can you stomach it?”

The entire premise explores why people who eat have been featured so widely in our pop culture in recent years — whether it’s in more recent movies like “Raw” or “Fresh,” shows like “Santa Clarita Diet” and “Yellowjackets” … or even recent novels, in which a subject is needed.

It’s a pretty fascinating read – and explores various theories, such as cannibalism being reintroduced into fiction in response to pandemic anxiety, climate change, food shortages, capitalism, eating disorders, politics, or just plain old-fashioned social tension. taboos.

But as the Times also points out, cannibalism in the media is nothing new … depictions of it date back to the old days — but more recently in movies like “Silence of the Lambs” or perhaps more prominently in 1973’s “Soylent Green.” … which is currently trending for this.

The memes are flying, of course… some jokingly point out that “SG” actually takes place in 2022 and that all this cannibal content might be a foreshadowing of things to come.