On 6/18/2015 6:34 AM, Michelle wrote:
> 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.
Must be a personal distaste, his prose is impeccable.
> 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.
That's also snark.
> Also, he strikes me as a cynical gasbag, more interested in making a snarky
> comment than anything else.
Well now it's a regular snark fest with your on top of his!
> 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.
I'm dismissing all critiques from our foreign wannabes in Oz and
Canuckistan.
Our TV, our elections, our corporations.
They can all berloody well bugger off and tend their own gardens.
Period.