Years ago I wrote a screenplay that dealt with the corruption of international aid organizations charged with feeding and caring for those in need in Africa. In one scene, I used an actual menu from a hunger conference in New York. When my agent sent the script out to be read, it was widely panned as unrealistic, and among the examples my critics pounced upon was this menu, with its Beef Wellington, Lobster Newberg, and other gourmand delights that fed the ample bellies of those deciding who goes to bed hungry at night, or worse, starves to death thousands of miles away.
And now this. http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2009-11-18-voa56-70423832.html
I wonder what the menu was this time...regardless, I am sure those who attended ate really well.
Unpacking
5 years ago
