Let’s Talk About That Infamous Lord Of The Ring Cherry Tomato Scene With Denethor

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The tragedy of Denethor, the last steward of Gondor in Lord of the Rings, is a truly despairing one. Back when Sauron’s army was marching towards the fortresses of Gondor, Denethor was feasting on a sumptuous banquet of food within the capital city of Minas Tirith, seemingly impervious to the calamity befalling Men, as he requested Pippin the hobbit to sing him a merry song. These scenes of Denethor fervently and noisily stuffing his mouth with chicken, grapes, bread and yes, cherry tomatoes were interspersed with that of the armoured soldiers of his very son, Faramir, senselessly charging into battle to defend Western Osgiliath on his father’s command—a severe tactical failure that would almost cost Faramir his life.

Fans of Lord of the Rings would know that the purpose of this ugly scene: to juxtapose the sights of Faramir’s impending doom and Denethor’s repugnant feasting which, at the same time, points to his own wilful hopelessness and grief over the death of his first son Boromir. But then there’s that one scene that has since seared itself into our collective minds: him chomping on that goddamn cherry tomato till its juices spurt off-camera, while the insides dribble down his chin, along with the maddening, moist sounds of the tomato bursting in his still-gaping mouth.

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Here, enjoy a ten hours cut of Denethor chowing down on this tomato:

LOTR fans were understandably disturbed by this scene. “Goddamn scene ruined cherry tomatoes for me”, wrote one Redditor. Denethor, too, has also become a phrase on Urban Dictionary, which is defined as “to eat something as noisily and messily as possible. For best effect, it must be something juicy so