counterpoint, the bear was never good, it was a self serious show that hoped everyone would mistake people yelling over each other for real plot stakes and many fell for it. but literally no one is ready for that conversation slate.com/culture/2024... - ThreadSky

caseyjohnston.bsky.social • 357 days ago

counterpoint, the bear was never good, it was a self serious show that hoped everyone would mistake people yelling over each other for real plot stakes and many fell for it. but literally no one is ready for that conversation
https://slate.com/culture/2024/06/the-bear-season-3-fx-hulu-bad.html

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postambition.bsky.social•357 days ago

Not great but contains lots of great stuff, especially scenes with cousin Richie.

shriketastic.bsky.social•357 days ago

Thank you!

aldokelrast.bsky.social•357 days ago

White dudes dream about having people snap to attention and shout "yes sir" without joining the army

caseyjohnston.bsky.social•357 days ago

yes lol it has that same appeal as legal dramas where there are rules that must be obeyed

spookyteapot.bsky.social•357 days ago

I hadn't gotten around to it, but it just sounded like a dramatic version of watching Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen show. Sounds like my impression was correct.

nigel.computer•356 days ago

Thank you! I felt like the only one with this opinion.

theotherspeakman.bsky.social•357 days ago

Oh thank goodness.

I kept sweating not seeing it.

Glad it's like Game of Thrones: seems like it's going to pay off, does not.

giromide.online•357 days ago

seems we're in a phase of prestige tv akin to the Hollywood blockbuster model, flood the zone with early rave reviews and vibes, convincing the audience what they're consuming is the best show ever, let the memes keep it going, then move on to the next two- or three-season "franchise"

giromide.online•356 days ago

also not sure if it's just this nagging anhedonia of mine, but I just "see through" much of what I watch … I've usually been good at suppressing the overcritical part and just going along for the ride these shows take me on, but it's much harder for me now … current me would hate Lost

giromide.online•356 days ago

two series I've enjoyed watching lately are Andor and Ghosts

norbizness.bsky.social•357 days ago

I got canceled for saying that about BSG after it hastily and improvidently left New Caprica and wandered aimlessly with gimmicks for its remaining miserable 2 years. Well not so much canceled but kept going unnoticed.

enbuenora.bsky.social•357 days ago

okay but they had an XO with a pirate accent & eyepatch

theotherspeakman.bsky.social•357 days ago

Accident. They cast someone who could pull it off.

amyhoy.bsky.social•357 days ago

oh finally.

also A Marriage Story

if i wanna watch two childish, over-emotional adults screen at each other, i could go to the circle k downtown

troutgirl.bsky.social•357 days ago

When I moved back to Tacoma a couple years ago, one day I was stopped at a gas station downtown where I witnessed two women -- strangers to each other! -- just randomly get in a fist fight, and my first thought was "OK NOW I'm home" :)

mbayayangu.bsky.social•355 days ago

They didn't just yell plot points.

They also had a crutial lotta of money in tomato cans for no reason plot point.

imnotthereimgone.bsky.social•357 days ago

this is unbelievably validating

certificates.bsky.social•357 days ago

the craziest thing is that fetishizing food culture in mainstream media was big like *10 years ago*. top chef, the various waves of the food network, this already happened. how long was The Bear a can't-miss prestige TV conceit before it finally took over memeland and vox/av club-likes?

caseyjohnston.bsky.social•357 days ago

nothing "gave way" bestie the navel-gazing self-regard was always there for those with eyes to see

caseyjohnston.bsky.social•357 days ago

this was also always the case

robotbill.bsky.social•357 days ago

Not specifically about The Bear, maybe more about White Lotus or The Curse. Sometimes I wonder if people think that if a show makes them feel uncomfortable then it’s good. But maybe it’s just cringe and we’ve forgotten than there are other feelings shows can make us feel.

caseyjohnston.bsky.social•357 days ago

This is definitely a thing, where if people don’t get it or like it they assume it’s just smarter than them and follow its lead but the emperor has no clothes here

killerswan.bsky.social•357 days ago

I assume it has a bit of the Gilmore Girls phenomenon happening with it

like how where I viewed it as a fascinating horror TV series about multiple generations of malignant narcissists

but I’m not certain its creators intended that or how many fans see it that way at all

jeffreyd.bsky.social•357 days ago

are we ready to talk about Ted Lasso too or

phineas.bsky.social•357 days ago

Very ready for that conversation. It was always a pretty bad show.

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