re: #142 Belafon

If I was going to do a speech from the kitchen, I would probably have people come in and clean it up.

I went and looked it up. About 29% of families eat together. Most of the other families have people on different schedules so they can’t.

Her scene is stock and nostalgic for a time that hasn’t existed for a lot of people.

The idea that somebody came and deep-cleaned the kitchen for the photo occurred to me, but the total lack of ornamentation or personalization just makes it feel like they took the picture at an IKEA store. Any time I’ve viewed a room in an actual house that was that sterile, it was because the homeowner was the sort of deranged person who insisted any place that “guests” may see during visits be kept immaculate to avoid gossip amongst the neighbors. Like my sister’s friend whose mother kept an entire living room so pearly white that it glowed on its own, but it was strictly for “guests” and you could not even step on the carpet without first removing your shoes.