It is possible that the elitist connoisseur stance of most new sincerity restaurants and cyber-foodies is the result of a deep-rooted yearning to experience the sublime through food, and that they (we) end up getting lost in the picturesque of alienated consumption instead, is just more society-of-the-spectacle stuff: The basic humanness of sharing enthusiasm for food getting lost in translation.
Whether that happens in the Champions League, Europa League, Libertadores or Copa Sudamericana, it is the stuff that spectacle is made of.
There are times when it almost risks turning into a big advert for GoPro cameras and the participants' egos, and you may need to stifle thoughts about the essential pointlessness of it all in order to enjoy the trip, but as sheer spectacle it's undoubtedly impressive stuff.
Stuff Eton and the spectacle of overeducated posh boys from country estates squabbling over Brexit.
Regardless of where you stand on the "smash stuff up" divide, the spectacle is part of the whole.
"It's a spectacle," he said of the tightly stuffed store, noting that most of the fixtures, which ranged in price from just over $100 to many thousands of dollars, were "completely over the top".
The old customs are mostly the stuff of holiday ritual and tourist spectacle.
They are filled with extraordinary people — whether Evita or Jesus — singing big stuff; the excitement gained by the spectacle is paid for by the loss of soul, pious aspiration replacing spice and street savvy.
As Bat Boy and Shelley look on from their bower, the animal kingdom humps its stuffed heart out in a howling spectacle that ingeniously pillories the tame, sexless, sentimental harmony of nature in Disney's "The Lion King".
"They love this stuff," he said, describing the flower spectacles through tone and descriptions.
This stuff goes largely unnoticed by audiences unless the spectacle is the point because that is what is meant to happen when it has been done well.
