{"id":8974,"date":"2013-03-22T06:31:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T13:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=8974"},"modified":"2013-03-22T06:31:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T13:31:18","slug":"hyde-park-hudson-movie-hot-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=8974","title":{"rendered":"Hyde Park on the Hudson – A Movie About Hot Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"hotdog\"<\/a>I don\u2019t usually write about movies, but when a feature comes along that so clearly demonstrates the importance of hot dogs, I feel compelled to opine.<\/p>\n

\u201cHyde Park on the Hudson\u201d is the story of King George and Queen Elizabeth\u2019s visit to President Roosevelt\u2019s summer White House on the eve of the outbreak of World War 2.<\/p>\n

Bill Murray does an outstanding job as Roosevelt, and in a subplot, the always charming and capable Laura Linney plays a distance cousin of Roosevelt, who\u00a0 becomes one of his (apparently many) paramours.\u00a0 (If you haven\u2019t seen Linney\u2019s dark sitcom, \u201cThe Big C\u201d, on Showtime make it a point to rent or stream it.\u00a0 Oliver Platt is also grand in that one).<\/i><\/p>\n

This event marks the first time in history that a British King has visited the US, and George has just ascended to the crown after his brother\u2019s abdication;\u00a0 you can learn more about that historical event in the wonderful film \u201cThe King\u2019s Speech\u201d, starring one of this generation\u2019s brightest stars, Colin Firth.<\/p>\n

George isn\u2019t a confident King, and is nervous about seeking the US\u2019s help in the inevitable conflict against Germany.\u00a0 He, and more particularly Elizabeth, seek out every nuance of the visit, analyze it, and decided that Roosevelt\u2019s intent is to make fun of them and their subjects.\u00a0 The peak of the humiliation, they believe, will come during a picnic hosted by FDR, at which he plans to serve hot dogs, a food which royalty believes should be reserved for the lowest class of commoners.<\/p>\n

In a late night drinking session, FDR confesses to George that there is no slight intended with the choice of cuisine, just that they are damned fine picnic food.<\/p>\n

At the event the next day, the King accepts his first hot dog, an ample sized sausage atop a bun, with some trepidation;\u00a0 FDR asks Linney to demonstrate to the King how to properly dress it with condiments, and she gingerly dabs a streak of French\u2019s yellow mustard on the meat.<\/p>\n

The crowd waits with anticipation.\u00a0 King George takes a bite, smiles, and the crowd goes wild;\u00a0 George takes another bite and says \u201cI believe I will have another.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ok, this really wasn\u2019t the point of the movie, but it was my favorite part.<\/p>\n

The film is skillfully written, directed, acted, and beautifully shot, and is worth a couple hours of your time, whether you like hot dogs or not!<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t usually write about movies, but when a feature comes along that so clearly demonstrates the importance of hot dogs, I feel compelled to opine. \u201cHyde Park on the Hudson\u201d is the story of King George and Queen Elizabeth\u2019s visit to President Roosevelt\u2019s summer White House on the eve of the outbreak of World… Continue reading Hyde Park on the Hudson – A Movie About Hot Dogs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,16,26],"tags":[2358],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8974"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}