On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 8:29:14 PM UTC-5, La Mirada wrote:
> On 6/17/2015 6:29 PM, wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:58:49 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
> >> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 08:01:04 +1000, Jeßus
> >> > wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 06:29:21 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
> >>>> Bourdain has a team that tell him where to go and what to say.
> >>>> Bourdain has become what he once (Kitchen Confidential) loathed: a TV
> >>>> head.
> >>>> Bourdain's a poser.
> >>>> Any other questions?
> >>> Which TV chefs /don't/ fit that definition (being a poser)?
> >>> Not many... if any at all.
> >> True, but in the book that started his fame, he describes how much he
> >> hates those types.
> > No real surprise there if he's made it to television. As he has.
> >>> Bourdain also has that NY manner going on as well, which I can't
> >>> stand. He kind of creeps me out a little.
> >> But it doesn't come naturally to him. He has a post-it note on his
> >> bathroom mirror. "Note to self: remember that you're a tough, cynical
> >> guy from the big city".
> > Yes... that's the kind of thing I was referring to.
> Why don't you two shrimps take your jealous Auzzie snark and berloody
> **** the hell off!

I don't care for him either - I tried to read Kitchen Confidential, but
couldn't get past the first 3 or so chapters. I will agree that
he works hard at being a writer. That was part of what made the book such
a slog for me - I could see how HARD he was working at writing. Also,
he strikes me as a cynical gasbag, more interested in making a snarky
comment than anything else.

I'm not sure why you have such a violent reaction to some stranger
on the internet not agreeing with your taste in television. "Darned good
tv" is, obviously, a matter of personal taste.