Sorry Fugu

I recently went and viewed the short-play, Sorry Fugu.  Word for Word Performing Arts Company, a San Francisco’s theater group, does their rendition of “Sorry Fugu”, a short story by T.C. Boyle. Boyle begins with restaurant chef, Albert, who tries his very best to make an outstanding dish but after two attempts. The food critic, Willa Frank is still disappointed. After a couple unsuccessful attempts to woo Willa, Albert ploys a strategy to seduce Willa Frank into tasting his dishes and enjoying her food. 

 The play went better than I expected, although I haven't really been to many plays. I didn't know what to expect, but I did enjoy it. The play is very similar to the short story as in it follows most of the script. The play goes into further details with the character and their backgrounds. The play is very sensual and does reference to quite a bit of sexual acts among the characters. The term, 'food porn' is a good description what this play is about.

Food porn is is a  visual presentation of cooking or eating is that arouse a desire to eat or the glorification of food as a substitute for sex. Sorry Fugu brings to life the combination of cooking and pornography in a sophisticated way with its double entendres. The actors do a fantastic job at making it clear that there is sexual tension between one another. That's something that readers may miss in the short story.