On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Professionals and experts used to dominate news and entertainment > programing, and now they are hard to find. I think the world still has > need for educated and talented people presenting information, and I > believe such people can be entertaining. But reality TV is cluttered > with non-experts flopping around. Why I want to see "An Idiot Abroad" > is because it appears to be making fun of this phenomena, by sending a > literal idiot around the world to be completely clueless while facing > monumental segments of history, geography, and humanity. Biographies > of brilliant people now have to be narrated by the kid who played > Screech in "Saved By The Bell," and "Globetrotters" features hosts who > couldn't assemble one concrete sentence to save their lives. Why? Why > can't smart people be intelligent on television? We can't talented > people who have proven themselves in their respective professions > demonstrate their talents on television? > Kevin, I actually agree with most of this sentiment, which is why the targets of your ire baffles me so much. On both of the shows you started by complaining about -- Top Chef and Iron Chef -- the 'contestants' ARE professionals and ARE experts and they ARE spending the vast majority of the show demonstrating their talents. Several of the best meals I have ever eaten in my life have been at restaurants run by chefs on these two shows, and it is hard for me to imagine ever attaining their level of expertise. You say you want to watch "people who have proven themselves demonstrate their talents", but that is what these shows are doing -- your earlier post indicated that this ISN'T what you want but rather you want them to show you how to do some watered-down version of their talents. If that is what you would prefer that's fine, but I am more entertained (and better informed, I might add) by watching the Iron Chefs show off fancy new techniques for cooking fish that I have never heard of than I would be by watching Paula Deen show me how to make another kind of Macaroni and Cheese. You keep complaining about people crying, which makes me wonder if you have ever actually watched Iron Chef -- there is almost never anything on that show about anyone's personalities, and it is all about the cooking and eating. Top Chef does indulge the conflict and personal drama some, but until this current 'Just Desserts' season, it has felt that they really kept it to a minimum and kept most of the focus on the food. To each their own, - dg -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
