The foodie/wanna-be chef in me loves this. LOVES this. Some of it is because somebody out there is brilliant enough to turn Julia Child clips into a really rather catchy bit of electronica, which alone is worth the price of admission. But, there's more to it than that.
I think a big part of my love for this is coming from the fact that it is a beautiful celebration of a woman whose life is a living testimony to how we can take the incredible gifts we're given by God and share them with the world. She could have just celebrated being an amazing chef, ran restaurants, and made a fortune without giving a thing back to the world, but Julia Child chose instead to show everyone that, yes, you too can cook. You don't have to be wealthy, or have two tons of free time, or a culinary degree to be a world-class chef. You can eat amazing food at home; you can build community around a dinner table, no matter who you are or where you are. That's the whole ethos of Julia Child - like the chef in Ratatouille (my favorite Pixar film...surprise surprise), "everyone can cook!"
And, isn't that what our gifts are for - to share with the world, to show others that they, too, have gifts that are useful for building the Body of Christ, building community, building a better world? Would that we were all Julias, sharing what God's given us to build up others and leave the world better than we found it.
Besides, she helped the OSS (precursor to the CIA) during World War II, including helping on a project to develop shark repellant. Really: Julia Child's Shark Repellant
If that doesn't make you a professional badass, then I don't know what does.
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