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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam
(1983). Is there anyone who hasn't already guessed which scene I've
chosen from this movie? It is, naturally, the one in which the grossly
overweight Mr. Creosote (Terry Jones) eats himself to death in a very
formal and rather snobbish restaurant. After consuming a huge amount
of food and literally inflating with each successive course, he is
reluctantly tempted by the waiter (John Cleese) to consume one last
tidbit. This proves too much for Mr. Creosote, who explodes
(literally), showering the restaurant and other diners with half-
digested French cuisine, a sort of culinary version of John Hurt
giving birth in Alien. Python sketches are always gloriously silly,
but that silliness is generally used to make a point. The point here
seems to be not just the gluttony of one person, but the fanatical
addiction to consumerism—and the vulnerability to incessant
inducements to comsume more, more, more—of Western culture. The scene
is an illustration of suicide by overconsumption. Whether you find it
funny or offensive, once you've seen it, you are not likely to forget
it anytime soon.

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