Politics. Aunt Diane’s secret marriage. LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan. Nothing is off the table when families bicker during Thanksgiving—except maybe a thrown wineglass. Grievances are aired, harsh words are said. Sometimes not even pie can soothe the wounds.
Such tense repasts aren't confined to Turkey Day, of course. Especially not in pop culture, where dinner table spats are as common as laugh tracks. Dysfunctional families don't need a mass observation to prompt awkward, down-and-dirty dinner squabbles—and those pedestrian pathos-fests are often more entertaining (or more cringe-inducing) than the holiday ones. So in honor of this Thursday's festivities, we here at WIRED decided to honor a few of our favorite disastrous dinners and foul-mood feasts. So try to enjoy your own family's drama with a new perspective; it can’t be as bad as these.
[#video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/jNPSHydODoI An extended play on the Hitler time-travel paradox, The Last Supper concerns itself with a community of young liberals who start inviting conservative leaders to dinner and—you guessed it—concerning themselves with whether or not it’s morally right to off them. In other words, they’re the worst or best dinner parties around, depending on how you view their actions. In retrospect, this one is a little overwrought, but it’s worth it to see Cameron Diaz in one of her very first films.
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