LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
and Bon Appetit, but is a little on
the cutting edge?” Kristen writes.
“They’re probably dying for a subscription to Lucky Peach, the creation of the culinary world’s current ‘it boy,’ David Chang.”
Meanwhile, our culture and
style suggestions for your fashionable friends range from a Man Ray
chess set to a beautifully-designed
Crosley turntable that can convert
your favorite LPs to digital files.
Elsewhere in the issue, Mallika
Rao explores the current trend
in Somali pirate films, explaining
that the violence of contemporary
piracy makes for perfect Hollywood fodder. From the high-profile Captain Phillips, starring Tom
Hanks, to the Danish import A
Hijacking — “aka ‘the Somali pirate movie without Tom Hanks’”
— Mallika writes that “it’s boom
time for a brand new genre.”
Mallika notes that, while older films tend to portray pirates
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as “charming, swashbuckling”
characters, movies today show a
greater awareness of the sad conditions that drive men to piracy.
“Finally, not everyone thinks of
Johnny Depp,” says Cyrus Mody,
assistant director of the Interna-
Have a friend who’s
kept every back issue of
Gourmet and Bon Appetit,
but is a little on the cutting
edge? They’re probably
dying for a subscription
to Lucky Peach.”
tional Maritime Bureau, which
tracks and publicizes piracy statistics worldwide.
And as part of our continued
focus on The Third Metric, Ann
Brenoff talks to Tim Kring, a Hollywood producer who made traditional TV shows until his desire
to bring people together led him
to a new, more interactive
kind of storytelling.
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