It's actually just so banal
the focus on the craft of menu development, what hospitality means to people, etc. is very, like, 2012. There's nothing in this show that wasn't in the movie Chef, or generally released into the popular bloodstream many times over the past decade.
The Food Scene ended up not being that great after all, which is why you now see Chefs doing anything they can to turn their reputations and IP into some mode of remuneration that does not involve running an actual restaurant.
When compared to something like The Menu, which actually looks the untenable and stagnant world of contemporary haute cuisine in the eye, this show feels like a transparent sop to people who once worked in hospitality, plus Chicagoans
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- TV: the Bear, and the mutilation of Pequod’s -
Jay,
2023-07-13, 10:13
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- I only just started The Bear this week... - domer.mq, 2023-07-13, 19:22
- my other issue... - okerland, 2023-07-13, 14:56
- I yelled at the screen when they did that. C'mon.
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Tim,
2023-07-13, 11:58
- The first 5 eps of S2 are straight up bad -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-13, 10:56
- counterpoint: they're great! -
Jay,
2023-07-14, 08:50
- It's actually just so banal -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-14, 11:25
- there's a lot going on in the first episodes -
Jay,
2023-07-15, 11:58
- Now I'm just being tendentious - Mike (bart), 2023-07-15, 13:00
- Counterpoint: It's really not -
mkmcfrlnd,
2023-07-14, 21:31
- It can be spot on and banal - Mike (bart), 2023-07-15, 07:55
- there's a lot going on in the first episodes -
Jay,
2023-07-15, 11:58
- It's actually just so banal -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-14, 11:25
- The liquor license thing seemed like an ode to Jimmy -
okerland,
2023-07-13, 11:28
- Right, like they're trying to show informal power structure -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-13, 13:53
- This probably goes without saying -
HCE,
2023-07-13, 13:57
- And when dey took da Ryne to Lincoln Park? Cmaaahn -
Dylan,
2023-07-14, 05:33
- Deep dish is for tourists, my frent -
MattG,
2023-07-14, 06:31
- Go back to Mason City, you hoser. -
nedhead,
2023-07-14, 11:45
- Oh I wish I could, cousin - MattG, 2023-07-14, 21:14
- Go back to Mason City, you hoser.
- Deep dish is for tourists, my frent -
MattG,
2023-07-14, 06:31
- It's not about accuracy it's about weirdness -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-13, 14:15
- Honestly, I liked it. (edited) -
atxND,
2023-07-13, 16:00
- I think the Forks episode was my favorite of the series -
Jay,
2023-07-14, 10:46
- That episode finally made me a fan, Cousin. - Chris, 2023-07-14, 11:54
- I think the Forks episode was my favorite of the series -
Jay,
2023-07-14, 10:46
- Honestly, I liked it. (edited) -
atxND,
2023-07-13, 16:00
- And when dey took da Ryne to Lincoln Park? Cmaaahn -
Dylan,
2023-07-14, 05:33
- This probably goes without saying -
HCE,
2023-07-13, 13:57
- Right, like they're trying to show informal power structure -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-13, 13:53
- Episodes 6-10 are the payoff. -
ReginaldVelJohnson,
2023-07-13, 11:02
- Although it felt like the transition was perhaps too quick - atxND, 2023-07-13, 11:49
- counterpoint: they're great! -
Jay,
2023-07-14, 08:50