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Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
Not only do I not think that there's anyone who can step up, but it's also a hole I don't exactly want to fill. I think Bourdain was a sort of singular reader of global culture and politics on a grand scale--in as much as that sort of thing exists--and the loss of his voice for me isn't something that I feel ready to supplement. I yearn for more Parts Unknown eps but I don't want a new Tony.
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Asking for a replacement for him is like asking for a replacement for Kubrick or Picasso or Michael Jackson or Michelangelo or...you get it. He was an artist. His perspective and talent was his alone.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
Yeah honestly Joey what the fuck
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Asking for a replacement for him is like asking for a replacement for Kubrick or Picasso or Michael Jackson or Michelangelo or...you get it. He was an artist. His perspective and talent was his alone.
I understand. I'm saying he's different. Even behind those you mentioned. It's not just about replacing him which obviously can't be done, it's about filling the niche, about replacing what he did.
There is painting without Picasso. There is pop music without Michael Jackson. There is still doom without Kubric.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am Posts: 35489
English chef Rick Stein was kind of Bourdain before we had Bourdain. Deeply passionate about food and traveled around exploring. Seafood particularly was his thing. He’s worth looking up. He had several series on bbc.
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47165 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
Bourdain’s real strength as a host and sort of tour guide was his completely unassuming way of interacting with his hosts, guests, and audience. He fully communicated the power of food — all food, regardless of cuisine or production method — to bring people together.
David Chang, Alice Waters, Mark Bittman, all those people, despite their various talents and good intentions, have their heads far up their asses in an effort to keep abreast of trends, to communicate various political or ethical intentions in their sharing of food, to position themselves as arbiters of the “food movement.”
Bourdain has none of that. He was just as engaging eating a bowl of hotdogs and pasta at Jollybee in the Philippines as he was eating foie gras in France. He made every viewer feel welcome, because he never made them feel dumb or out of place.
There is likely some other person out there who could do something similar, but I have no idea who that person is.
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Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm Posts: 47350
Bourdain's friend, and one of my favorite "celebrity" chefs, Marcus Samuelsson, has a pretty good show called "No Passport Required" on PBS where he explores foods in U.S. Cities
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Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am Posts: 35489
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
I just said the show is in the spirit of Parts Unknown, etc. Of course it won't be the same. That's ridiculous
It’s slimy opportunism on Ramsay’s part. He’s going for that same niche. He in no way has the same ability to relate to people or appreciate food in any form the way Bourdain did. In fact he’s the worst kind of snob. It’s kind of obvious. I don’t like the guy if you do, no harm I guess.
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