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I watched the Stump Sohla episode yesterday, and it was...all right. Sohla's charm and skill are on full display, but I'm not entirely sold on the marriage of her tongue-in-cheek nerdy over-seriousness with Babish's slightly forced somewhat cringey self-deprecating persona. This was a first go so I have no doubt it'll get better but it was a little hard to watch, especially when they were interacting. Yay Sohla though!! She deserves every bit of success she gets, and then some.
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The Midniter posted:I watched the Stump Sohla episode yesterday, and it was...all right. Sohla's charm and skill are on full display, but I'm not entirely sold on the marriage of her tongue-in-cheek nerdy over-seriousness with Babish's slightly forced somewhat cringey self-deprecating persona. This was a first go so I have no doubt it'll get better but it was a little hard to watch, especially when they were interacting. She needs her own sub-show like George Motz's burger scholar thing on the 'and now we feast' channel, or show or whatever it is on youtube.
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Sep 25, 2020 13:47
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I think it could stand to be less polished/produced and it seems like they're overthinking it, but again that's Babish.txt . BA was at it's best when they just pointed a camera at the people and let them cook, and let their personality come out naturally. As soon as they started to get more high-concept with it, like Molly's show, it started to suffer.
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Sep 25, 2020 13:49
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OTOH, I think a big risk with all the BA folks is to just try to do BA elsewhere. A big part of it was the whole "cast dropping in on each other" thing and it more directly invites comparisons that are going to be tough to live up to. This had sort of a Gourmet makes thing without the exasperation, which was fine for me. Molly's show kinda sucked, but the other high concept stuff was OK (Gourmet makes, that Chris blindfolded thing, Carla's back to back thing was usually entertaining enough, their whole team "make the best version of something" series was one of the best things they've done). enki42 fucked around with this message at 14:32 on Sep 25, 2020 |
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Sep 25, 2020 14:30
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Thought the episode was great - give them a few to get into a rhythm with their videos. Its a new foray, and it'll take time to settle in. I'm 100% down for anything with more Sohla, and Babish is in a good spot to work with her. So stoked for the future. They just need to grab the Bradster and I think I'll be happy.
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Sep 25, 2020 15:41
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Siochain posted:Thought the episode was great - give them a few to get into a rhythm with their videos. Its a new foray, and it'll take time to settle in. I feel like Brad might end up in the Kenji world with their current collaboration
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Sep 25, 2020 16:45
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enki42 posted:I seriously just said bagel to myself 5 or 6 times to figure out if it sounded weird. Americans don't say bag-ul? thats how they say it in philly/jersey
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Sep 25, 2020 19:50
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Yay Sohla
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Sep 25, 2020 22:20
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Has this work of art been posted yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zra_fMjxzw Rare youtube video with pro-click comments.
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Sep 26, 2020 00:45
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Wow, so this is what ASMR is
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Sep 26, 2020 01:31
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well, that and amiel "mouth sounds"
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Sep 26, 2020 02:17
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The show reads to me that she can just walk in and do it, which is good considering she has a different full time job. I bet if it’s successful you see more of her in a more technical series if she quits BA.
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Sep 26, 2020 13:24
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Another Stump Sohla! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zDZV-jGJ6w. Makin' a seven course tasting menu with foods from NY bodega.
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Sep 26, 2020 19:23
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New Stump Sohla is really fun. Everyone ITT who was doubting this new series should be really happy with it.
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Sep 26, 2020 19:46
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I would also pay too much for that and leave drunk and hungry and then go get in n out after eating the whole thing
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Sep 26, 2020 19:56
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The World Inferno posted:Another Stump Sohla! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zDZV-jGJ6w. Makin' a seven course tasting menu with foods from NY bodega. This loving rocks. Any one of the 900 things she made in this episode could've been their own video. I really want to try that nitrous oxide pickle thing. The Glumslinger posted:I would also pay too much for that and leave drunk and hungry and then go get in n out after eating the whole thing Yeah this is every single tasting menu I've ever had. Even if the food is mindblowing, you're still going for dim sum or Taco Bell after. flashy_mcflash fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Sep 26, 2020 |
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Sep 26, 2020 20:16
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I know I'm in the minority for not liking Babish but I hope he's not as present in other episodes. I don't even know what I don't like and I'm sure he's a great person but something grates on me like no other.
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Sep 26, 2020 20:24
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Are we ever gonna be able to talk about BWB in this thread without you being like "hmm, I don't like this guy but I can't explain why" every time?
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Sep 26, 2020 22:15
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prayer group posted:Are we ever gonna be able to talk about BWB in this thread without you being like "hmm, I don't like this guy but I can't explain why" every time? No, stop liking things that I don't like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1u5ZkIxCk One thing I do like is how Kenji poo poo talks Gordon Ramsey for like 10 minutes in this video xtal fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Sep 26, 2020 |
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Sep 26, 2020 22:22
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xtal posted:I know I'm in the minority for not liking Babish but I hope he's not as present in other episodes. I don't even know what I don't like and I'm sure he's a great person but something grates on me like no other. Probably how he called himself a chef in this video.
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Sep 26, 2020 23:53
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droll posted:Probably how he called himself a chef in this video. “I’m in no position to judge this by the way, you’re so much more of an accomplished chef than I am. I shouldn’t be here giving feedback like I am.” I guess?
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Sep 27, 2020 00:06
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droll posted:Probably how he called himself a chef in this video. He cooks for a living chill out
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Sep 27, 2020 02:46
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I think Babish seems like a nice guy who is very excellent at making videos, and not very good at being in videos or cooking. His channel exploded in popularity because he was barely in any of the videos except as hands and a disembodied voice saying stuff you could basically ignore and cooking food that wasn't supposed to taste good. I've never even been slightly tempted to click on the videos where apparently he goes around making people happy because he's drunk on his own popularity and like others I hope he stays out of Sohla's videos as much as possible. He needs to internalize the fact that what made him famous was gorgeous videos where we never even saw his face and which made no pretense about his having any skill at all. He's not a personality I can't get enough of. He's an intrusion I can't get away from fast enough. Love his videography and editing sensibility and I wish he'd just lean into that and be a behind the camera guy instead of going even harder on the whole cult of personality bullshit by naming the channel the "Babish Cinematic Universe." It's like if Bon Apetit's videos were all framed as "Rapaport's Minions" and Rapaport introduced every video with an awkward conversation with the host in which he gave them their assignment. Nobody wants that poo poo.
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Sep 27, 2020 03:11
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I find it so weird that anyone can even have an opinion of Babish. He's flatbread, a delivery system for other interesting things and just 'there' for me. Given that the concept for Sohla's show (and I'd say Sohla in general) benefits greatly from having someone for her to bounce her ideas off, Babish is about as neutral a medium for it as I can imagine. He's basically a slightly-too-polished version of Delaney to me.
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Sep 27, 2020 03:19
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flashy_mcflash posted:I find it so weird that anyone can even have an opinion of Babish. He's flatbread, a delivery system for other interesting things and just 'there' for me. Given that the concept for Sohla's show (and I'd say Sohla in general) benefits greatly from having someone for her to bounce her ideas off, Babish is about as neutral a medium for it as I can imagine. He's basically a slightly-too-polished version of Delaney to me. I was going to use those exact words, he is like Delaney concentrate.
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Sep 27, 2020 03:23
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seems like he's doing a fine job in the new sohla video saying 'chef' is kinda annoying but i think there's been a pretty big change in usage from the strict old definition and we can't expect everyone to really know that there's a distinction
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Sep 27, 2020 03:34
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TychoCelchuuu posted:I think Babish seems like a nice guy who is very excellent at making videos, and not very good at being in videos or cooking. His channel exploded in popularity because he was barely in any of the videos except as hands and a disembodied voice saying stuff you could basically ignore and cooking food that wasn't supposed to taste good. His Julia Child recipes looked legit
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Sep 27, 2020 03:50
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Veskit posted:He cooks for a living chill out Calm down all I did was mention a reason why another poster may have been irked. No need to get so aggressive. TychoCelchuuu posted:I've never even been slightly tempted to click on the videos where apparently he goes around making people happy because he's drunk on his own popularity and like others I hope he stays out of Sohla's videos as much as possible. He needs to internalize the fact that what made him famous was gorgeous videos where we never even saw his face and which made no pretense about his having any skill at all. He's not a personality I can't get enough of. He's an intrusion I can't get away from fast enough. Watch out, the Babish Stans itt don't like this kind of angry, borderline psychotic posting about their god. droll fucked around with this message at 04:30 on Sep 27, 2020 |
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Sep 27, 2020 04:26
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Mu Zeta posted:His Julia Child recipes looked legit yeah no one has ever re-made Julia Child recipes and then gotten a big head about it thinking people might want to hear about other things in their lives, thus leading them to make an embarrassing vanity project that everyone makes fun of  actually I think all the Babish stuff is fine and like the guy I just think the story of the Julie and Julia lady thinking everyone wanted to hear about her affairs is hilarious
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Sep 27, 2020 04:27
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Yeah I loved exactly half of the Julie and Julia movie. Who the hell asked to put the boring blogging parts into the movie?
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Sep 27, 2020 04:37
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I agree with most of what TychoCelchuu said about the Babish guy being annoying, but that said I thought the BCU thing was a pretty harmless joke about the MCU
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Sep 27, 2020 04:48
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Mu Zeta posted:Yeah I loved exactly half of the Julie and Julia movie. Who the hell asked to put the boring blogging parts into the movie?
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Sep 27, 2020 04:49
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I am not the biggest fan of Andrew Rea and I feel like when he's doing stuff that feels scripted he's very stilted-- the intro to the first video, the wheel stuff-- but I would hazard that that's just stage fright, when he's just talking from the top of his head or in conversation he's fine, and in these two videos his presence is pretty minimal within the actual cooking parts. I think it's fine, he has a fun enough chemistry with Sohla, and it's good to see her cooking cool and weird stuff again.
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Sep 27, 2020 04:57
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I feel like that baller dehydrator and the Twinkie were quiet flexes on ba
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Sep 27, 2020 05:19
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Veskit posted:I feel like that baller dehydrator and the Twinkie were quiet flexes on ba Not to mention the entire chocolate video
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Sep 27, 2020 05:24
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So Andrew Rea is bad at being on camera doing scripted dialogue. This may be because he's never had to do that before. I'm sure that he'll get better at it with practice, just like he did with cinematography and cooking. What's there to complain about? He's a humble guy with a decent sense of humor who makes entertaining, engaging videos about cooking. He's... not a professional chef, I guess? I'm having a hard time figuring out what exactly so many of y'all find repulsive about him. I guess he wasn't the best part of the new Stump Sohla video, but you only had to suffer through his presence for like a handful of minutes out of that half-hour video.TychoCelchuuu posted:Love his videography and editing sensibility and I wish he'd just lean into that and be a behind the camera guy instead of going even harder on the whole cult of personality bullshit by naming the channel the "Babish Cinematic Universe." It's like if Bon Apetit's videos were all framed as "Rapaport's Minions" and Rapaport introduced every video with an awkward conversation with the host in which he gave them their assignment. Nobody wants that poo poo. This is just wildly off-base. Rea started the channel by producing everything himself, I think he earned putting his name on it. It's not even his name either, it's a Frasier reference or something. droll posted:Watch out, the Babish Stans itt don't like this kind of angry, borderline psychotic posting about their god. I straight up have no idea who you're talking about here.
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Sep 27, 2020 06:17
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Calm down its just videos about food
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Sep 27, 2020 07:24
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Sohla's paratha rolling technique in the latest video (after adding the fat and rolling it, coil it from both ends rather than just one, and stack the two coils on top of each other by twisting) blew my mind. That's such a good idea and it never occurred to me.
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Sep 27, 2020 08:19
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droll posted:Calm down its just videos about food
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You guys won't shut the gently caress up about the white man that is barely in Sohla's videos and I can't stop guffawing at how ironic this horseshit is. You need to not shut up about that frozen twinkie. I wanna taste it so much. Also: aren't soaked and blitzed potato chips just going to have the same flavor and texture of potato flakes? I feel like Sohla reinvented a wheel that's already been rejected. fizzymercury fucked around with this message at 13:11 on Sep 27, 2020 |
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