{"id":5896,"date":"2013-12-05T09:51:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T09:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=5896"},"modified":"2013-12-05T09:51:58","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T09:51:58","slug":"nigella-lawson-and-her-recent-troubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/nigella-lawson-and-her-recent-troubles\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigella Lawson and her Recent Troubles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The story reminded me to look back on an article I wrote about celebrity chefs and their Character Types. \u00a0(The full article is here\u00a0http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/celebrity-chefs-character-types\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Below is my analysis of Nigella at the time:<\/p>\n

POWER OF LOVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nigella Lawson is a\u00a0Power of Lov<\/a>e<\/a>\u00a0character. \u00a0She is a food seducer. \u00a0Cooking is a sensual pleasure and the opportunity to nurture. \u00a0She is \u00a0often described as being “sexy and flirty” while working with or presenting food. \u00a0She celebrates her own voluptuous curves and says she takes her greatest joy in “feeding others”. \u00a0Here is how she describes her philosophy in one of her books:<\/p>\n

The trouble with much modern cooking is not that the food it produces is not good, but that the mood it induces in the cook is one of skin-of-the-teeth efficiency, all briskness and little pleasure. Sometimes that’s the best we can manage, but to others we want to feel not like a postmodern, post feminist, overstretched modern woman but, rather, a domestic goddess, trailing nutmeggy fumes of baking pie in our languorous wake. So what I’m talking about is not being a domestic goddess, exactly, but feeling like one. – Domestic Goddess<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lawson’s culinary efforts have been described as decadent, succulent, passionate, luscious, and lavish.<\/p>\n

Lawson’s sexy roundness mixed with her speed-demon technique makes cooking dinner with Nigella look like a prelude to an orgy. \u00a0– The New York TImes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Her appeal is further described here:<\/p>\n

Women like her, she says, \u201cbecause I\u2019m not thin\u201d, while men who lack the domestic skills to unwrap a chip supper can watch her licking a fingerful of her signature Slut Red Raspberries in Chardonnay Jelly and wonder what they have been missing. \u00a0– The Telegraph<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Power of Love<\/a>\u00a0characters, regardless of what they look like are innately sensual and sexy. \u00a0They are Earth Mothers or Nurturers regardless of their gender. \u00a0In her many television shows like Nigella Bites and Forever Summer with Nigella, Lawson presents food as a comfort, a pleasure and the abiding warmth of true sustenance. \u00a0Cooking is her way of giving pleasure to others. \u00a0When she is criticized it is for creating a kind of “Food Porn” that is a too voluptuous or too much the over-stuffed sensory feast.<\/p>\n

POWER OF LOVE AND POWER OF WILL<\/strong><\/p>\n

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She says her husband then grabbed her by the throat and told her he was the only person she should be concerned with and that he should be the only person giving her pleasure. \u00a0Saachi contended in the press that he grabbed his wife by the throat with one and then two hands in order to make her focus on the conversation they were having (and presumably on him).<\/p>\n

After photos of the incident were published Saachi was cautioned by the police for assault. \u00a0A police caution is a serious formal warning but stops short of actual prosecution. \u00a0Very soon after publication of the photos Nigella filed for divorce.<\/p>\n

She says her husband has been continually emotionally abusive. \u00a0Why didn’t she leave him before then? \u00a0Power of Love<\/a> characters tend to be very forgiving in their relationship with Power of Will<\/a> men. \u00a0It’s typical of a Power of Love<\/a> character to believe if she just loves her man enough, or in exactly the right way, he will have to love her back.<\/p>\n

Power of Will<\/a> men are controlling, often have anger and temper issues, are extremely jealous, and are very physical. They see their partner as belonging to them and them alone. \u00a0In a strange way, this possessiveness and aggressive behavior can “feel” a bit like love to Power of Love characters. \u00a0He may not be treating her kindly but he has a powerful connection to her and she had a big emotional impact on him.<\/p>\n

Saachi insists he still deeply loves Nigella and is “devastated” by the divorce. He said in court,\u00a0\u201cI adore Nigella, and I\u2019m absolutely brokenhearted to have lost her”.<\/p>\n

As this sordid saga plays out in court and in the press, I’m sure we’ll see other testimony that supports and further defines this battling couples’ Character Types.<\/p>\n

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