Remember when Hillary begged for Henry's endorsement during her campaign. LOL. How could she elected without that much needed war criminal support.
He would have been a huge voice for food industry workers, especially those in the shadows and/or without legal status. He either would have struggled immensely with the impacts in NY, the restrictions, all the BS and gaslighting from the federal government, or he would have just resigned himself to staying in the apartment and smoking tons of weed and drinking all day.
Agreed. Also, I remember being shamed ITT(because I had never actually met the man) for saying how hard losing him and his perspective hit me. There is no one else, from my experience, that can do what he did.
As someone in the industry that has met him several times - no, there's no one that is filling that void in the same way he did. I wish there was.
maybe i just remember different but i dont remember shaming because i'm near certain i said similar things
David Chang’s Netflix material has been the only thing remotely in the realm of Bourdain. Miss his perspective and attitude immensely.
It sucks how many people in that special are now dead. They must’ve filmed it a few years back and shelved it but then brought it back out due to the covid content drought.
Nah. He was garbage. Shit sucked ass. Guy had absolutely zero charisma and was flat out annoying. The scene where he meets girls from Tinder and then is socially awkward and cringey as fuck really sums up that show perfectly.
To each their own, I suppose. I enjoyed the Chinese New Year and Bordeaux episodes especially, but I didn't think any of it was bad. It definitely got awkward at times, but I'm glad they didn't shy away from being real. Like when we went out to that weird white trash rapper's place and called him out on his behavior.
Huang is hit or miss. Overall I like him. Chang is the guy who could does come closest and iirc from a podcast with Choe/Chang after Bourdain died it was explicitly Bourdains goal to have Chang be the future of the politically conscious travel and food show. Choi is also great. All his shows are great.
Bourdain was unique, irreplaceable. There will never be another character with the combo of his backstory, predilection for vice, style, literary and storytelling skills, and ability to relate to people across the whole spectrum of class and circumstance.
I’m not too familiar with chefs so I can’t think of his name. But there is a Latino Chef I think he is PR. I remember he doing a lot of good there and at the start of the pandemic. I’d watch a show with him. He seems to be a good guy.
I have avoided all of his TV and books since his death so I don't know the answer here, but was there some stuff that was in the can when he died that has been released posthumously?
My wife used to work for Jose and we’ve both always been obsessed w Bourdain. She still won’t let me put on old episodes when she’s in the room.
I feel like, the people who would go watch an Anthony Bourdain documentary in a movie theater are people who really loved and I appreciated him. I’d really like to bawl my eyes out in a theater with those people
I'll put my over/under at about 1 minute into it before tears surface. That may be generous. Could easily start at the concession stand.
For someone that never watched him much, where should someone start? Reading this thread makes me think his content was pretty good. Always looking for stuff to watch in the background during the day.
Its the best. Honestly start from the beginning of No Reservations. The essential Bourdain imo is his Beirut episode. But there are so many others. When he goes to Uruguay/Argentina with his brother. Others listed itt. But start from the beginning and we can tell you good episodes each season. Following chronologically, as Tony ages and grows and evolves with the show is the best way to consume it. Then you can also dab in his Layover show and then CNN stuff after that.
if you have HBO Max I'd start with Parts Unknown, it's kind of him reaching his final form but it'd be a little odd to go further back if you don't have a baseline. i guess if you could find it easily watching No Reservations/Layover is him moving the direction he wanted to and holds up well. reading his books would be in this tier too, probably want to see if he's for you with Parts unknown first. A Cooks Tour has aged really poorly, he largely hated doing most of it and was at the whim of the suits at Food Network.
mind of a chef was bourdains brain child too and is really good even if he's only ancillary to it all. this would lead you into more Dave Chang stuff too which is all mostly great.
Thanks. Wasn't aware he had a show prior to Parts Unknown. Will start on No Reservations. What's best way to watch? I see it's not on Netflix. Nm Lyrtch answered
i dont know where no reservations is anymore, travel channel might have their own streaming portal if they still own it?
Like others have said watch Parts Unknown on HBO max. I watched it again recently with my girlfriend (her first dive into his content) and she absolutely loved it and is super excited for this doc. It’s super bingeable. We killed a ton of it drinking wine one weekend
Got goosebumps just watching that trailer. Man that'll be good. Finished it just a few months ago, so good. If you have even a little experience in the service industry, it really resonates. His quote at the end of the Cambodia episode was one of my first inspirations to travel: Seeing something, feeling something, really rare and really extraordinary. A once-in-a-lifetime thing we'll never really be able to describe; never be able to share with anyone that wasn't here. Never be able to experience again. This ... this is one of those moments.
Man I’m nervous for this. I say how much I miss him to friends and my wife and they think I’m a weirdo.