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Watch a Crawfish Boil Master Get All Existential

Deep questions about mudbugs and life.

by Whitney Filloon
Via Crawfish With Clesi [Vimeo], More Video Interludes [ENOLA], and All Clesi's Coverage [ENOLA]

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A crawfish boil is really just one big ol' spicy metaphor for life — or so mudbug maven James Clesi of recently opened Mid City hot spot Clesi's believes in this video shot by director Jordan Haro. As he stirs one very gigantic pot of crustaceans, Clesi muses on the lifespan of a crawfish, wondering aloud, "Is this universe like a big crawfish boil? Are we all destined to be in a pot of boiling water at some point, in one way or the other?" Something to ponder next time you're elbow-deep in boiled bugs. Go, watch:

Crawfish With Clesi from Jordan Haro on Vimeo.

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4413 Banks Street, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA

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