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I've found that Alton Browns taste buds and my own don't quite match up. He still was an invaluable help in getting me to start understanding - and loving - to cook.
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My big problem with Chopped has always been the predatory editing style. It's just flat-out obnoxious. Not only do they do the "commercial right before reveal" trick, which is common, if you pay attention to the way the whole show is edited, you can get infuriated. The wall-to-wall music is grating, and judging always happens like this: triumphant music plays, judges say good things about a dish, then the judges will throw in a "however" and the music abruptly switches to desperation as they nitpick some thing and show a camera shot of the contestant probably reacting to something 20 minutes ago. All that having been said, I kind of like the show in spite of these things, I just wish it wasn't so transparently condescending.
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Dec 1, 2011 17:26
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Yup, they get extra time to finish their serving dishes. It still is limited, it's just not on-camera.
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Dec 1, 2011 23:39
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No, you don't. Trust me.
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Dec 3, 2011 10:19
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gyrobot posted:That said, I would kill to see someone who is focused completely on traditional Japanese Cuisine, no fusion, no fancy new techniques. Just good old fashioned traditional imperial Japanese cuisine. That'd be great, but remember, the judges are judging on an American palate, which calls for bolder and more present flavors and less attention to things like texture and balance.
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Dec 28, 2011 04:30
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Ratings-wise, Rachael vs. Guy was a pretty clear success, a top-ten cable show, so that's not it. Of course, content-wise, Rachael vs. Guy was a miserable failure of epic proportions but that won't stop season 2!
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Jan 30, 2012 09:51
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Understand that they have to try to build some sort of story arc among the hours of video they shot. It's possible that the only thing they could find interesting about the guy was his alcoholism. Or that was the best narrative thread. As much as classic TV is writer driven, reality TV is editor driven.
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Feb 8, 2012 12:21
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Well, they keep saying Forgione is the newest Iron Chef, so it's obvious they recorded this quite a ways back and have been holding on to it for some time.
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Apr 9, 2012 02:30
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ShutteredIn posted:Oh you missed out on Aarti Party, the dumbest name for a tv show ever. Can't help but think of this. "He came here to party - he came to smoke ROCKS!"
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Apr 18, 2012 14:19
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Shocker, Marcus Samuelson wins his round of Chopped Champions. So it'll be Symon vs. Samuelson in the final 2 unless they seriously gently caress up. That's as it should be.
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Apr 30, 2012 16:53
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Like it or not, he was a ratings draw. And you see the problems Food Network has in making its own personalities. If they were bigger, or really cared about respectability, he would never have been back. Being small and not caring about your reputation can do wonders for reasonably talented con artists like Irvine.
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