624. The Animal No One Loves, Until They Do

624. 无人疼爱的动物,直到他们爱上它

Freakonomics Radio

社会与文化

2025-02-28

45 分钟
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To most people, the rat is vile and villainous. But not to everyone! We hear from a scientist who befriended rats and another who worked with them in the lab — and from the animator who made one the hero of a Pixar blockbuster. (Part three of a three-part series, “Sympathy for the Rat.”)
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  • Are you a chef?

  • Are you a home cook?

  • I can cook, he says reluctantly.

  • I sometimes cook.

  • Well, not always.

  • Do you happen to make a nice ratatouille?

  • Yeah, I've made ratatouille before, but I don't have the skill,

  • taste and feeling to make a great ratatouille.

  • The thing is, it's just a bunch of vegetables, right?

  • Well, yes, but no.

  • Yes, but no.

  • Exactly.

  • And that's the thing.

  • Ratatouille as a theme

  • and a title for the film that was there from the beginning for a number of reasons.

  • First of all, it's about rats, and ratatouille.

  • It tells you it's a comedy because it's a silly word.

  • And ratatouille as the quintessential peasant dish, it's just vegetables.

  • It's stuff that you can find easily if you know how to cook it well.

  • It's beautiful.