{"id":12323,"date":"2014-03-22T13:50:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T17:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=12323"},"modified":"2014-03-22T14:06:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-22T18:06:16","slug":"eating-the-rich-and-famous-or-celebrity-roadkill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-and-famous-or-celebrity-roadkill.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Eating the Rich and Famous, or Celebrity Roadkill&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Thomas Jefferson, from his letters<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-JQCCWOB2bU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><center><strong>Words by Heathcote Williams. Montage and narration by Alan Cox.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasse or a ragout.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Dr. Swift<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-and-famous-or-celebrity-roadkill.html\/eating-the-rich\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"330,496\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Eating the Rich&amp;#8217; by Heathcote Williams [Cold Turkey Press, 2014]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-199x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich.jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich.jpeg\" alt=\"&#039;Eating the Rich&#039; by Heathcote Williams [Cold Turkey Press, 2014]\" width=\"330\" height=\"496\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-199x300.jpeg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12329\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-and-famous-or-celebrity-roadkill.html\/eating-the-rich-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-2.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"330,496\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Eating the Rich&amp;#8217; by Heathcote Williams [Cold Turkey Press, 2014]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-2-199x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-2.jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-2.jpeg\" alt=\"&#039;Eating the Rich&#039; by Heathcote Williams [Cold Turkey Press, 2014]\" width=\"330\" height=\"496\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-2.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eating-the-rich-2-199x300.jpeg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.&#8221; &#8212; Thomas Jefferson, from his letters Words by Heathcote Williams. 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