Current Events > I hate Gordon Ramsays American shows.

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Not even because he yells at bad chefs or because they are so over dramatic.

It doesnt get across his level of passion and knowledge that he has of food. It all seems so fake

https://youtu.be/D4QP4pq0qrk

but this episode of the UK version of Kitchen nightmares shows his knowledge, his passion, how he teaches, and how he understands how local restaurants operate.

Its so much better.

Because American shows are all about fluff and pizazz, we don't want any information or education! Loud noises! Funny situations! Dramaaa!

bnui_ransder posted...

Because American shows are all about fluff and pizazz, we don't want any information or education! Loud noises! Funny situations! Dramaaa!

Fucking TLC (The Learning Channel) is the penultimate example.

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I would suggest modern day History Channel.

But they keep saying how many Michelin tires he has.

Ikzai posted...

I would suggest modern day History Channel.

Food Network would be third

History Channel at least puts out the occasional docudrama. It's not all Ancient Aliens dogshit.

I like the American version cause it was funnier lol. I think depending on which you watch first, you get use to watching it for different reasons.

110% agree. There's a reason a show like British Bake Off is incredibly successful because not everything needs to be over dramatic with the music and everything. It's like you watch one American reality television show, you've seen them all.

Prestoff posted...

It's like you watch one American reality television show, you've seen them all.

This is more of a watch one and judge them all thing.

Prestoff posted...

110% agree. There's a reason a show like British Bake Off is incredibly successful because not everything needs to be over dramatic with the music and everything. It's like you watch one American reality television show, you've seen them all.

Isn't his MasterChef Junior kind of like the British Bake Off?

I'm not really a fan of many of the American versions of his shows, tbh - they all seem so overproduced, glossy to the point where you would slip over on them, full of needless crescendos, talking heads to the camera to explain practically every single scene, and melodramatically replaying moments over and over again like it's a controversial moment in a sports match - often all of these married up with really deceptive editing, ie Gordon takes a mouthful, then looks up at the chef and says "Hey!" - they throw in a really dramatic piece of music, have lots of reaction shots of random people looking up in terror, cut to commercial, come back, whack in an insane sounding commentator trying to ear fuck us as he says "During a dramatic service, Gordon has tried a green bean!", replay him eating it, replay him saying "Hey!", have a talking head where the chef says "Gordon just ate my bean, right now I'm scared, if this isn't right then it's all over for this restaurant...", only for Gordon to say - several minutes of screen time after he took a taste - "that's good, send it out "

The only one I can stomach is Hell's Kitchen - ironically because it's by far the most guilty of all this nonsense, but it does it to such an overblown extent that it transcends being terrible and becomes almost art. Like the way they'll recap the previous episode with the commentator (who in this case sounds like he should be narrating a late night advert for sex toys) saying "After an intense night, it was-" *cut to a one second clip of Gordon saying "Bob"* "-who went home." It's like it's its own self-parody, haha.

The US version of Kitchen Nightmares is fake af but way more entertaining imo

Lost_All_Senses posted...

This is more of a watch one and judge them all thing.

Nope, I've watched too many of them and they all have that same manufactured bullshit you see from American reality shows. Post 14 nailed it down. One of the few exceptions is maybe Duck Dynasty, but I never gave a shit about Rednecks anyways.

The British Kitchen Nightmares is so chill and folksy in comparison.

I really like Gordon Ramsey Uncharted, because it's really educational and it's just the locals trolling him by making him do insane shit.

Blame Americans.

They get bored if there isn't DRAMA and LOUD NOISES and DRAMATIC MUSIC.