we go up this beautiful mountain, this incredible town, back to the 12th century, people charge up the hill to the beautiful church to take the walk at michael coreleone. now and forever more, it will be sort of the godfather theme park, where they are just playing the godfather theme over and over. most are disgusted by it. imagine not waking up every day as one bus after another field with japanese tourist go up there. look, michael coreleone got married there, it is so fantastic! [ laughter ] is one of the most beautiful places in europe, a place whose roots are very much the town where i live, but somehow, i ve never been able to get it right. to tell the story, any story of sicily. it is the biggest island in the mediterranean, two main towns of palermo and catania on opposite sides. i ve done a show in palermo before, it was an epic goat rodeo, a failure of humiliating scale. this time, i was going to get it right. there is the sicily we know from films, an provoc
octopus, frozen the urchin after another, splash, splash, splash. each specimen drops along the rocks or along the seafloor, to be heroically discovered by tourists moments later, privately showing off to the camera. i am not actually watching as this boat throws it in the water, one after another. i am no marine biologist, but i know dead octopus when i see one. i m pretty sure they don t drop from the sky and sink straight to the bottom. three? okay, i tried to get some and also some [ speaking non- english ] strangely, everyone pretends to believe that hideous sham unfolding before our eyes, doing their best to ignore the blindly obvious. then, they dump the whole back of dead fish into the city sea.
i m thinking, really? are these prime fishing waters? i don t know about this. all of this boat traffic and people, so close to the action i can t see much of anything. but i am famous for my optimism . i dutifully suited up for what was advertised as a three- hour cruise. so, i get in the water and i m paddling around and splash. suddenly, there is a dead sea creature sinking to the seabed in front of me. are they kidding? i m thinking, could this be happening? there is another one. another commodious frozen freaking octopus. it goes on. one cuttlefish deceased
look, my octopus. i remember personally catching that one. it was a mighty struggle too. actually, i don t. beautiful little shrimp. very tender, the octopus. and another traditional special, i am told they call this tuna tartar and cuttlefish, i recognize, you my friend. how true is this to sicily? i think from the part of the sea they are always. elbaz? fisherman communities only, or in restaurants? as long as you have been alive you see like this? no, i see like we are family. the japanese sort of gave everybody permission to eat traditional foods, their own traditional food.
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