Why is Maya always eating in this movie?

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buddyguy-3 — 11 years ago(October 21, 2014 05:09 AM)

Is this female agent starving?
or is the director stupid?

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allisiot — 11 years ago(October 22, 2014 10:50 AM)

I think they probably show Maya eating to demonstrate how committed she is; she doesn't even give herself time to take a proper sit-down meal and often eats at her desk. It also removes some of the mystique of what she's doing, makes her seem a bit more human. They're showing that behind these highly classified intelligence operations are real, hard-working people.

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CGlMDB — 11 years ago(February 11, 2015 04:08 PM)

Nailed it.

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PopperTheKungFuDragn — 10 years ago(September 02, 2015 01:53 AM)

^^^ This.
Very good. But brick not hit back!

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horsenbuggy — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 06:24 PM)

I think it also shows that she stopped going out because she'd become a target. She was always on CIA property because she was so caught up in her work but also because it was dangerous for her outside. She, herself, had become a but if a detainee to her work.

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jd_suarez — 11 years ago(February 11, 2015 06:43 PM)

Most likley she is just hungry. Sometimes when people are hungry they eat

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sanfelici — 10 years ago(August 26, 2015 11:47 PM)

It's a subtle way to show how hungry she is for getting bin laden, and strengthening herself in the process.

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Daimaju — 10 years ago(November 18, 2015 06:24 PM)

The girl's gotta eat!

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JewFroJoey — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 12:22 AM)

I heard that food symbolizes sex in film and literature. Maybe that has something to do with it.