It can be spot on and banal
The renovation stuff I'll set to the side beyond saying that "train wreck renovation drama" is a very well worn path from a modern entertainment standpoint.
The hospitality stuff, while embellished, is too accurate in my opinion (and this is very much part of my day job). It feels more like fan service than storytelling. Same with the Chicago stuff.
All the more frustrating because they clearly have the chops. Like I said the Christmas episode was fantastic
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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