Texts

• http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-history-of-the-ramen-noodle

• http://firstwefeast.com/eat/george-solt-on-the-messy-history-of-ramen/

• The Untold History of Ramen: How Political Crisis in Japan Spawned a Global Food Craze, by George Solt

Commentary

With the Filthy Frank soundtrack, this video is a bit of a meme. It’s five years old, but as who I am now, I probably wouldn’t make another video like this. Ramen, I feel, is very interesting and enlightening, but none of my points really come together to form anything particularly solid or cohesive.

If I had to remake this video, I’d probably focus a lot more on having a clear thesis - what exactly is Ramen doing? Instead of a (very basic) symptomatic reading, is there something else that’s happening? At this stage, really sussing out a lot of stuff, not sure where to go.