Love this. “How to cure such a dyspepsia it were hard to say, unless by administering three or four boat loads of Brandreth’s pills, and then running out of harm’s way, as laborers do in blasting rocks.” It’s great to see Melville unexpectedly lob in a Leviathan-sized fart gag to amuse us folks in the cheap seats 😊.
I will say I’m surprised it took 93 chapters for Ishmael to bring up Ambergris. Like 8 years ago I knew a ton about ambergris due to working on this episode- see below for a cartooony explanation of it:
Love this. “How to cure such a dyspepsia it were hard to say, unless by administering three or four boat loads of Brandreth’s pills, and then running out of harm’s way, as laborers do in blasting rocks.” It’s great to see Melville unexpectedly lob in a Leviathan-sized fart gag to amuse us folks in the cheap seats 😊.
Wow LOTS to unpack in here.
I will say I’m surprised it took 93 chapters for Ishmael to bring up Ambergris. Like 8 years ago I knew a ton about ambergris due to working on this episode- see below for a cartooony explanation of it:
https://youtu.be/I0ja06B5kfw