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Anyone else sick of these rich people shows about rich people restaurants? I would rather see a show about a lower middle class guy who works in a shitty diner. I don’t understand the appeal of all the rich people tv shows
Have…have you watched The Bear?
Don’t get me wrong, the Berzatto family had money, and some of their relations do. But…most of the characters are not wealthy, and the restaurant started as a local sandwich joint.
It’s a really good show, I recommend it. It’s like Ted Lasso but dark and depressing.
The Faks are the best part of the show.
Haunting should be the way we resolve our differences.
I was lost the first half of that episode before realizing what a haunting was. Brilliant execution
I’ve heard there’s a lot of fancy cooking flashbacks
Sure. And eventually, fancy cooking in the present. Still, humble beginnings for the restaurant. And humble existence for the characters: restaurant margins are very slim.
Did you even watch the first season?
Why would I? It looked just like the type of show im trying to avoid
Its probably not what you think. It's themes have more to do with the stress and failures of the restaurant business. It's gritty in a way.
The bear is literally about a guy spurred to reconnect with his family and working class roots by the death of his brother after he has been made mentally sick by the demands of working for the rich and elite in the service industry.
Also the barrier for entry for this show is unbelievably low. It probably has one of the all time best first episodes of any tv show. Watching it would also make you immediately understand how much of a fool you look like right now. The setting is a financially struggling family owned restaurant that caters exclusively to working class people.
Bob's Burgers is the show for you
Love me some belchers
I'm not sure that The Bear really fits what you're complaining about here, but I love the complaint and agree with it in general, so upvoted your comment anyways. So much fiction nowadays is about rich people and "nepo babies", And life scenarios that are generally completely unattainable for most people. As if it wasn't already obvious enough that the majority of mass market fiction is created as some sort of escapist opioid for the peasants. The worst is the new "eat the rich" genre, that pretends to be criticizing, capitalism and wealth while simultaneously drooling over it the whole time.
The only clips I’ve seen from the bear have a lot of fancy restaurant kitchen stuff
Yeah that's a fair point, it does have some of that wealth ogling going on. Although in that show since none of the characters are really that rich, it feels more like they're in the shadow of wealth rather than partaking in it. I give that a pass because, how could you tell a realistic modern story without having people in the shadow of wealth?
Drove me insane with my ex her choice of TV shows. It was always a bunch of rich people having rich people problems, that were only somewhat tangentially relatable to regular people.
Gilmore Girls, Ginny and Georgia, huge peeves of mine. No one lives that life except a very very select few, and here they are on camera trying to make us pity them
My wife watches This is us, Us, and these other shows where everyone is always made up, wearing designer clothing. Everyone lives in a big house that is always clean, the neighborhood is picturesque.
I tried to watch that show master of none but it annoyed me because even the dumb fat sidekick character was always dressed in expensive current fashion and all they did was rich people shit and complaining
I liked The Menu though.
Becker is half set in a diner.
I would enjoy a show about restaurants that serve rich people...
Midnight Diner is the bomb.