The film has made us see that the meaning of ‘food’ is completely different in the world of the poor and the rich. When we look at the research reports, we will find that when comparing the proportions Of the consumption, the lowest 20% of the rich spend accounts for 51% of the total consumption (2019). 20 0t is the share of the expenses for only 29 per cent of food The high proportion of low income households that eat necessities shows how vulnerable their ‘hunger’ is because if they lose their income they will have to reduce their consumption of goods essential such as ‘food’.
While the poor ‘eat to live’ and eat to survive every day, those who live like the rich will want to. ‘Eat to compensate for extra hunger. Would he like to have a special experience to confirm that he is a special person who is not like other people’
The scene that best reflects this is the story of caviar told from the mouth of Chef Paul. Caviar is a very expensive thing, at best, it’s even a small jar but it costs tens of thousands… eat. Caviar therefore represents the superior status of the buyer. Once the chef made a bowl of caviar which he broke when he was a child, the son of a housewife, because he wanted to eat so much that he caused trouble for the family. He jokingly recited the last sentence, ‘What’s the funniest thing, you know? It’s not tasty.
The real winner is always the hungriest.
The second word is ‘hungry’, and hunger is often used in modern contexts such as hunger for power or hunger for money to express a special need. In this regard, we see How much hunger is required when trying to climb from being ‘ordinary people’ to being ‘special people’ in Thai society? and what must be changed along the way
‘Made with love It can’t get out of poverty. To be a chef you have to have more energy than that.’
for middle-lower class They are shaped by beautiful words, inspiring messages. Nana, most of them come from the upper class that ‘If done with Irresistible and constant love Everything will work out’ but the reality is not true at all.
Research reveals that Thai society is very unequal and has gaps. Because more than 67 percent of the income of the country’s population falls into the hands of the people. Only 20 percent of the country means that the country’s income is concentrated in only one group of people Although some people still cannot use the money to pay the salary at all Or can living due to loan debt This is reflected by Thailand’s household debt to GDP ratio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2019, which was almost 80 percent, the second highest in Asia after South Korea.
Like the words Oil said to her lover’s tune ‘Cause I’m not hungry enough’ I’m not trying hard enough. On the day she can open a restaurant and be famous as a celebrity chef with a big businessman as a sponsor But her boyfriend can only open a small shop in a small alley because there is no funding. Oil’s words may have a racist meaning. Some bottom middle who struggle just because they think If we try hard enough and be more ambitious We will be able to be as special as we want.
From Oil’s last words, Ton Oil saw that his hunger was enough to destroy his teacher through blackmail. For him to be as special as he wants, he can do anything. And that’s when Oil realized she had lost someone she loved forever.
The film also highlights what it means to try to be special, which is not always the case in reality. Most rich people are still happy, they have friends, they have many lovers. And happy families.. While on the other side of society, the pressure is heavy on the shoulders of the lower class. But in reality, those efforts must also be based on supportive economic structures, when society does not support better lives for the poor. Good education is concentrated on the wealthy and good public health is not universal. The old age allowance is still so small that we have to work. difficult because I don’t know what to eat when I’m old Taxes collected by people who work day and night But some tax cuts are not favorable to the distribution of assets in the country. for the reason that The rich are the source of a good economy that goes to the foundations .. All are traps and games that people Can the lower class really get out of this?
To be a ‘special person’
Oil ‘wants to be special’ just because she thinks the fame gained from being special will bring her a better life Ton agrees to do a lot of dirty things because he wants to be special, or even Chef Paul who wants to avenge his own poverty. with a kick So famous that the rich who had trampled on him had to bow their heads. but in the end Falling back into the trap of being special yourself because when it comes down from being Special people are more difficult. He had become one of those special people. that he used to hate
has gone
‘How is it going, I’m a special person as you wish, is it fun?’ The final scene when Oil realizes how special he is. But she wasn’t even happy with him because of the path he had taken. It exposes human greed and injustice in society. Oil walked back from the party so loud that he was eating leftovers. and walking through a group of ordinary people who didn’t even have a home and food to eat… How good will it be? If we continue to long for other people’s hunger and forget that ‘The most luxurious meal always comes from working class raw materials.’
We have heard sayings like We each have our own light. or because everyone is a special person in themselves Making everyone aware of equal human values The question is, is it still relevant to the Thai society that depends on the power of money and stomach? In this way, when will the value of a human being not depend on these things?
after finishing watching the film Although he felt that Olew would not have made this decision in reality. Many people say that it ends up being too worldly beautiful. But at least the movie Hunger, Hungry People, Hungry Games, always tries to remind the audience. No matter what class they belong to, in the end, everyone is just an ordinary person. Born and died equal, there is no such thing as a true ‘special’.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/NetflixTH/ https://www.bot.or.th/Thai/ResearchAndPublications/articles/Pages/ Article_11Nov2021.aspx
https://www.pier.or.th/abridged/2020/17/
