Last night, I smoked. And it was good. On the suggestion of a friend I watched The Natural History of the Chicken, and it was amazing.
It’s not a movie, just 60 minutes of chicken-ery (HA! get it? like “chicanery”! Ha ha! No? Okay whatever)… Facts and anecdotes related by people who LOVE chickens, but delivered with an odd drama, unexpected gravitas… I sat gaping at the wonder of this strange little video as it totally fucked my brain inside out. High or not, you can’t help but wonder if the featured human cast is kidding *just a little bit*. It’s not fake, not mockumentary, but almost as if the director Mark Lewis realized that the material might get a little dry if not presented with flair.
It’s basically a PBS nature documentary… Everybody knows that PBS continually creates some of the best Haute programming in the universe (judged by content and tone), but TNHotC raises the bar. There are chicken fact and chicken statistics, chicken anecdotes, chicken reenactments of chicken anecdotes! TNHotC serves as a cordial introduction to an animal that usually passes unnoticed betwixt our jawbones and through our excretory apparatus and invites you to appreciate it’s place in human culture. What else is there in the world of chick-umentary?
Consider this my strong recommendation to get stonier than a chicken’s gizzard and soak up the Natural History of the Chicken.
The Natural History of the Chicken on PBS
The Natural History of the Chicken on YouTube (though I would suggest watching it on your TV, for full effect)
The Natural History of the Chicken on Netflix
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