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Mini Castevet Eating Cake In Rosemary's Baby (1968)

She's so weird the way she eats the cake. Guy is a bit weird too- he digs into it VERY quickly as if he's in some kind of rush.

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by Anonymousreply 12July 25, 2025 5:11 PM

Horrific table manners...the lot of them...commencing to eat before everyone is served, and then plowing into it like pigs at a trough! Tsk, Tsk

And shouldn't Minnie have served Devil's Food Cake?

by Anonymousreply 1July 25, 2025 4:29 PM

I think Ruth Gordon performed that scene the way she did because the cake was supposed to have some kind of "potion" in it to assist in making Rosemary's baby the devil, and Ruth was anxious about making sure Rosemary ate it.

Plus, the grotesquerie of the eating supported the notion that the Castevets were evil and barbaric.

by Anonymousreply 2July 25, 2025 4:31 PM

She just looks like somebody from the great depression eating fast because the food might go away quickly

by Anonymousreply 3July 25, 2025 4:34 PM

That cake looks like something she picked up at Costco.

by Anonymousreply 4July 25, 2025 4:47 PM

Of course Guy would be talking about his acting career, his characters, and the way he interpreted them, as most actors would.

by Anonymousreply 5July 25, 2025 4:51 PM

Minnie eats like a savage, her eyes scanning the table (seemingly to see who needs another slice of cake, but also noticing every detail), and this helps distract the audience from Roman’s easy manipulation of self-centered Guy. (“I loved your performance as Deacon #5 in Luther. You did some little gesture, what was it? So meaningful.”)

Guy agrees to let Minnie and Roman impregnate Rosemary to help his own career. The way Guy and Minnie attack the cake shows how greedy they are - Minnie for a devil child, Guy for a successful acting career - while Guy’s interaction with Roman shows Guy as weak-minded and easily led.

by Anonymousreply 6July 25, 2025 4:52 PM

That was a performance that won an Academy Award. But it was also way, way OTT. She was trying to steal every scene she was in.

by Anonymousreply 7July 25, 2025 5:00 PM

And soon Rosemary would adopt their eating style as she sears a steak for all of 3 seconds on each side before chowing down....

by Anonymousreply 8July 25, 2025 5:07 PM

She stole every scene she was in without trying.

by Anonymousreply 9July 25, 2025 5:07 PM

Similar to R3 I imagined her growing up in a large, hungry family and eating defensively

by Anonymousreply 10July 25, 2025 5:07 PM

It's the only way to eat Satanism Cake, OP.

by Anonymousreply 11July 25, 2025 5:09 PM

Stab! Shove! Chomp! and then scan the table not just with her eyes but with her entire upper torso.

by Anonymousreply 12July 25, 2025 5:11 PM
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