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It wasn’t one bad review in one lousy magazine. It was the Restaurant Guide Book of New York. And, when the Restaurant Guide Book recommends you to Hindus looking for a fun night out of fasting, what did you expect me to do, change the menus?
— Lloyd Chasseur • The Ref
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker insists the damaging review came from an influential guide, not an obscure magazine. Recommending the restaurant for fasting is an insult: the food is portrayed as something to avoid. The final question sarcastically rejects changing the menu as an adequate response to that humiliation.
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