The One Thing You Never Noticed In "The Silence Of The Lambs" Will Rock Your World — buzzfeed.com

Well. Here are a couple of other things worth noting. For a start, Harris is known for cracking the odd joke like this in his novels. For instance, Lecter makes a subtle medical gag when he reveals the “real” name of the killer Starling is trying to track. We also spoke to an NHS psychiatrist who agreed to be quoted anonymously. She said: If Hannibal were to have that delightful meal whilst on MAOIs it would likely be his last. I always remember fava beans being the one thing about these drugs you had to remember in lectures. If he added a nice hunk of cheese to that meal I’d be absolutely certain this was a joke, because it’s often known as the “cheese reaction”.

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