More on the Salt Bae via The New Yorker . . .
at NewYorker.com, Shauna Lyon wrote:Since his first video went viral, he has released many others, on YouTube and Instagram, a few of which veer dangerously into the Ken Friedman realm. (Also, he has nine children!) The videos hit a sweet spot when it’s just Salt Bae going to town on a steak with his knife, a long sabre curved at the tip, like a bandolero—brandishing, smacking, caressing, and always handling his meat oh-so-carefully, with the goal of delivering a dish that is, in the end, pristine, with a little razzle-dazzle. Perhaps that's why the meme captured the Zeitgeist: even as we laugh at the Vegas-magician absurdity of Salt Bae’s shtick, maybe we’re also kind of digging what he’s selling. Who doesn't want a little magic along with the best steak in town? It seems to be working—Gökçe has steakhouses in Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Miami, and, coming in early 2018, New York City.
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Why don't you take these profiteroles and put them up your shi'-ta-holes? --Jemaine & Bret
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain