Julie & Julia Meryl Streep as Julia Child
by Yuna: Meryl Streep
There is no other film that captures the art of cooking your way through a midlife crisis quite like Julie & Julia. Meryl Streep stepping into the shoes of Julia Child did more than just act; her performance became the catalyst for an entire generation to start buying significantly more butter. It is the definitive movie on this specific struggle and I am so excited about it.
Transcript (en)
What is it that you really like to do? Eat. That's what I like to do! I know. I know. I know. And we are so good at it. I am. Look at you. Now! How good you are. I'm growing in front of you! I was thinking of taking bridge lessons. You like bridge. I do. I like the idea of bridge. Four points for an ace, three points for a king, two points for a queen, one point for a jack, and breast your cards. Do you have any French cookbooks in English? I'm afraid not. Gosh. J'ai essayé d'acheter un livre de cuisine français. The. Française. Française. In English, mais the proof, the salesperson, Vendeuse. Vendeuse. Because, you see, there is no French cookbook in English. All I have is this joy of cooking by Irma Ramba, which is an excellent cookbook, but it's not French. So I did ask my friend Avis De Voto to look around in the United States. Madame, madame. If she could find me. En français, je vous prie. En français. Mm, right. Right. Gosh, I thought I was speaking French to you. No, no, no. Malheureusement. Dommage.
