The way I interpreted it, the chef had built what was more or less a cult. It reminded me a lot of Jim Jones' People's Temple. He had them living there in spartan quarters, sleeping on cots, sharing one toilet out in the open, doing nothing with their lives but worshipping and working for him from waking to sleeping.
Early on, it wasn't clear what the chef's purpose was, but at a certain point it was made clear that he had simply gone insane. He was completely off his rocker, and taking his cult with him, again just like Jim Jones, and other such figures. Before that, we were led to believe that perhaps he had a specific agenda, or had hand selected everyone for a reason, but that wasn't the case. He was legit crazy.
I believe the men running was part of the "men's folly" course? Their folly was thinking they could escape.
It seemed very clear that Margot didn't belong there, and I don't think anyone believed they could duplicate her ploy to escape. But at that point, I think they were well into shock, and resigned to their fate. I imagine if that situation played out in real life, most people would be in denial, telling themselves it's not real, that it's all a part of an act, and that everything will be okay. It's easy to tell yourself in a situation like that you'll leap up and fight, but the truth is most people sit and take it. This plays out daily, and you see it in videos of muggings, beatings, robberies, attacks, etc. For every one person who does stand up, 100 more sit in shock and take it, especially people like those in the film who have lived lives of privilege, shletered from reality.
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Clapstick (116)
a year ago
Thatβs just not true though. People actually not only fight when threatened, they will do some seriously bad things to stay alive. A more realistic scenario would have the Chef saying they need to decide who stays and who goes. Watch them turn on each other, sometimes even against their own partners.
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