Summary

In “Penguins of Madagascar,” Green posits not only that the eponymous film’s opening scene is the greatest work of cinematography to exist, but also that humans in relation to their effect on animals are akin to gods. In exploring this dynamic, he gives the penguins of Madagascar four and a half stars. “Piggly Wiggly” traces the rise and fall of Clarence Saunders, the man who ostensibly invented the modern grocery store and went bankrupt several times in life. To Green, Saunders embodies the way big swallows up small, metaphorizing between business competition and a greater tendency in human relations with each other. He gives the store Piggly Wiggle only one star. “The Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Competition” sees Green marvel at the morbid and fascinating eating competition on Coney Island. He sees it as representative of the...