Stephen Dubner

Was your original ending, even if just in your head, as happy an ending as the film ultimately had?

Was your original ending, even if just in your head, as happy an ending as the film ultimately had?

In that moment, it will remind many of us of that Proustian rush when Proust eats the madeleine and his entire, you know, childhood life philosophy comes... It all comes rushing back to him and provokes this unbelievable examination of his own life.

In that moment, it will remind many of us of that Proustian rush when Proust eats the madeleine and his entire, you know, childhood life philosophy comes... It all comes rushing back to him and provokes this unbelievable examination of his own life.

In that moment, it will remind many of us of that Proustian rush when Proust eats the madeleine and his entire, you know, childhood life philosophy comes... It all comes rushing back to him and provokes this unbelievable examination of his own life.

In your case, when Anton Ego tastes the ratatouille and has this reverie and trip back to a very different place in time for him, in that case, is the ratatouille, the food itself, an allegory as well, or is it just food?

In your case, when Anton Ego tastes the ratatouille and has this reverie and trip back to a very different place in time for him, in that case, is the ratatouille, the food itself, an allegory as well, or is it just food?

In your case, when Anton Ego tastes the ratatouille and has this reverie and trip back to a very different place in time for him, in that case, is the ratatouille, the food itself, an allegory as well, or is it just food?

So the restaurant critic loves the rat's ratatouille. The rat loves to cook. And Jan Pinkova loves to tell stories about the human condition, sometimes in the form of an animated rat. I asked him if he thinks Ratatouille may have shifted the public's perception of rats.

So the restaurant critic loves the rat's ratatouille. The rat loves to cook. And Jan Pinkova loves to tell stories about the human condition, sometimes in the form of an animated rat. I asked him if he thinks Ratatouille may have shifted the public's perception of rats.

So the restaurant critic loves the rat's ratatouille. The rat loves to cook. And Jan Pinkova loves to tell stories about the human condition, sometimes in the form of an animated rat. I asked him if he thinks Ratatouille may have shifted the public's perception of rats.

I often wonder whether the demonization of the rat is a little bit random and or driven by earlier pop culture references. Because I think about the mouse. We had Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. Whereas rats, you know, we had Templeton from Charlotte's Web, voiced by Paul Lynn, who is sinister. We had the film Willard. Rats are never the heroes.

I often wonder whether the demonization of the rat is a little bit random and or driven by earlier pop culture references. Because I think about the mouse. We had Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. Whereas rats, you know, we had Templeton from Charlotte's Web, voiced by Paul Lynn, who is sinister. We had the film Willard. Rats are never the heroes.

I often wonder whether the demonization of the rat is a little bit random and or driven by earlier pop culture references. Because I think about the mouse. We had Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. Whereas rats, you know, we had Templeton from Charlotte's Web, voiced by Paul Lynn, who is sinister. We had the film Willard. Rats are never the heroes.

None of them are about the soul or the mood or the abilities.

None of them are about the soul or the mood or the abilities.

None of them are about the soul or the mood or the abilities.

We have to remind ourselves that Jan Pinkava's view of the rat, despite all his research, is a fictional rat. Remy is a chef, after all. And none of the rats in Ratatouille seem bound by the rat's real lifespan of just two or three years. But is Pinkova's view of the rat any less realistic than New York Mayor Eric Adams's view?

We have to remind ourselves that Jan Pinkava's view of the rat, despite all his research, is a fictional rat. Remy is a chef, after all. And none of the rats in Ratatouille seem bound by the rat's real lifespan of just two or three years. But is Pinkova's view of the rat any less realistic than New York Mayor Eric Adams's view?

We have to remind ourselves that Jan Pinkava's view of the rat, despite all his research, is a fictional rat. Remy is a chef, after all. And none of the rats in Ratatouille seem bound by the rat's real lifespan of just two or three years. But is Pinkova's view of the rat any less realistic than New York Mayor Eric Adams's view?