The Misfortune Cookie story
A food critic receives fortune cookie messages that come true. Directed by: Allan Arkush. Story by: Charles E. Fritch, Rockne S. O'Bannon[a].
6 total · 6 major
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| corruption in society | major | Harry abused his journalistic position to bully people and curry favor. |
| cruelty | major | Snobby food critic Harry Folger took pleasure in putting respectable restaurants out of business with his savage reviews. |
| fortune telling | major | The fortune cookie fortunes at a mysterious Chinese restaurant came true. |
| gastronomy | major | Snobby food critic Harry Folger received an ominous fortune cookie message that came true. |
| poetic justice | major | Cruel food critic Harry Folger was condemned to wander for eternity from one sub-par restaurant to another in an effort to satiate his insatiable hunger. |
| punishment in the afterlife | major | Cruel food critic Harry apparently died and was condemned to perpetual hunger despite having infinite supply of Chinese food. |