(CREDIT: From a conversation in the May 2023 film "The Mother" starring Jennifer Lopez and produced and streaming now on Netflix)
Mother: Eat.
Daughter: I can't.
Mother: Yes, you can.
Daughter: Not eating Bambi's mom.
Mother: That's not venison. The deer has to hang for the meat to tenderize. Besides, that was a stag, so it would be Bambi's dad.
Daughter: What is this then?
Mother: Rabbit. Thumper.
Daughter: Not eating a rabbit either.
Mother: Listen to me, that rabbit had a better life than any cheeseburger you ever ate.
Daughter: He had a beautiful life until you shot him.
Mother: I trapped him.
Daughter: Much better.
Mother: Let me tell you something, kid. There's nothing you ever ate that didn't come from violence.
Daughter: Tofu.
Mother: Half of Paraguay was burned and deforested for soy plantations.
Daughter: Cheese.
Mother: Those cows are impregnated just so they can be pulled on all day.
Daughter: Gross.
Mother: Hmm.
Daughter: Cashew cheese.
Mother: I know a mercenary in the Ivory Coast, said they fought a civil war over cashews.
Daughter: I wanna go home.
Mother: I know you do. Eat.
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