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The Bear (2022)
Italian Beef sandwich shop fantisy
As a kid who grew up in Chicago, home to the Italian Beef sandwich, all I can say is it's impossible for me to watch this show and not laugh and cringe at the same time. I get that the show is about more than making beef sandwiches, but the idea that a serious chef would make some Michelin star restaurant experience out of a Italian Beef sandwich stand it just too fanciful. I, and probably most of Chicago, simply cannot suspend my disbelief long enough to enjoy the show.
For those not from Chicago, let me attempt to put this into a common frame of reference. Could you watch a TV show where a gourmet chef inherits a Taco Bell from his brother and turns it into a fine dinning Tex Mex experience? If your answer is yes, the The Bear is for you!
Flamin' Hot (2023)
Not a biography! It's complete fiction so why watch it.
At first, I was excited by the rags to riches story, then I Googled it and found out it's fiction. The LA Times has a great investigative article and I would leave the link, but that's prohibited here. A woman named Lynne Greenfeld was the person assigned to bring spicy snacks to the Frito-Lay brand. This was in response to Frito-Lay losing market share to spicy snacks being sold at gas stations in Chicago and other Mid-West locations.
Richard Montañez is a liar and a cheat. He's making way too much money ($10-$50k per BS motivational speech), and he doesn't deserve the money or the admiration.