Meet Your Meat and then kill it.
October 21, 2009On the day I watched Meat Your Meat for the first time, my eating habits changed forever. I never really seriously considered becoming a vegetarian until I watched this movie. One random day in our office, a co-worker (who had recently converted to vegetarianism because of MYM) dared me to watch MYM and then eat a hamburger. No problem, I thought. Needless to say, I never made it to the hamburger, and I stopped eating meat almost immediately. It inspired me to learn more about the food I put into my body. I read Food for Life, China Study and finally The Omnivores Dilemma. I also watched in-depth documentaries, including King of Corn, Food Inc. and Earthlings. And although Fast Food Nation and Super Size Me are more popular films, neither was as influential as Meat Your Meat.
With a run-time of only about 10 minutes, MYM is the perfect way to ruin a holiday meal. Play it for your family right after they finish mocking your meatless ways and are about to sit down to a nice turkey day meal. Tell ‘em it’s your school project.
Oh, and you can’t beat the narration by the superbly dramatic Alec Baldwin either.
