What do you consider the “Breakfast of Champions”?
Post your answer in the LEAVE A COMMENT section below. I’m not the boss of you, though. Don’t write anything for all I care! Come on, Champ, tell me all about this morning’s sustenance.
. . .here are my thoughts.
What do you consider the “Breakfast of Champions”?
The reasoning behind the PG-13 rating of Golda is “Thematic material and pervasive smoking.” Pervasive smoking? First off, it says a lot about how bad smoking is for you that the Motion Picture Association even lists smoking among its cautions. But how pervasive is pervasive? Every scene pervasive! Golda Meir, the 4th Prime Minister of Israel, was said to smoke anywhere between 50-100 cigarettes daily. No wonder she was undergoing treatment for cancer—or whatever qualified as “treatment” in Israel in 1973. The radiation she received must have worked to some extent; she didn’t die until late 1978. The film forced me to focus more on the ubiquitous cigarette than on Golda herself. When the end credits rolled, I fully expected to see something like this:
- Golda Meir ………. Helen Mirren
- Cigarettes ………. Unknown manufacturer (no pack lasted long enough to document)
- Henry Kissinger ………. Liev Schreiber
I assume the only reason Helen Mirren got top billing over the cancer sticks was because of SAG-AFTRA contractual mandates. Many people still follow Golda’s lead, claiming a morning cigarette as their “Breakfast of Champions.” Just coffee for me, though. Or pancakes. Lots of pancakes.
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