Those hee hees were powerful Dawg

THIS a good show ? watching the 1st ep

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nevermind the very tongue in cheek website this article describes something ive been thinking about myself while watching the show. its a lot of process fetishization and strange resolutions of personal conflicts through class strata. 'if you work hard you'll stop being an a****** and resolve your trauma.' one thing im not sure about is gentrification because that to me is a much sprawling process and not a singular investment of private capital

all in all the show really feels very vapid to anyone who looks past the 'good tv' aspects of it. theyre really doing all of this just to suffer and we should act like its a good thing and not well-shot trauma p***

serious replies only I thought of every single joke one can make about this post already

The reason this justification for gentrification is presented as a heart-warming story of personal growth, of overcoming mental health challenges and a difficult family, is because that is how the successful petty bourgeoisie sees it: their success is because of their own hard work and dedication to being better people.

These ladies and gentlemen see the difficulties of working-class life as owing to the psychological flaws of its members, and not the objective hardship their class position throws at them.

he ate idk

Can’t say I agree tbh. We saw this season Carmy is becoming the a****** he thought he escaped from. We also see how much being overworked and the chase for success can take a toll on a person’s psyche

Watching an episode like Tina applying to all of those jobs made me mad at the system in play more than it did motivate me to work harder

All subjective I guess. Everyone views art differently

Maybe I’m biased cause I’m one of the people that liked the season

He's not even that funny...

Napkins is such a good ass episode.

Season 3 came and went

I'd agree with this, but dont they still serve sandwiches out a window? Like the cool thing about the restaurant is they kept their original customer base before and after renovation.

what? he doesn't even smoke for the whole season

this is what I wasnt sure about as im watching s3, ngl the way they're presenting info to us in this season is kinda too indirect so I couldn't figure out if its some kind of callback or whats actually going on. im only on ep 3 though so maybe it becomes more apparent as it goes on

I agree and disagree with this.

The truth is, their in-reality successes of opening up a restaurant, or going to culinary school, or trying to bring some cohesion and healthy habits to the workplace aren't indicative of the characters being "better" people. In fact, the show emphasizes how these changes, while maybe good on the surface, do not inherently make you happier, kinder, or any better a person. The real work is all internal and no amount of hard capitalistic grinding will change the dissatisfaction you have with your own life.

I think the show attempts to balance this idealistic view of the culinary world with realism especially in the "Forks" episode which the article talks about and I do agree with the assessment that the celebrity chef cutting up mushrooms with the fork cleaner is probably an exaggeration to say the least. BUT that's the balance because of course there's no such thing as a perfect fine dining restaurant but the show uses this idealistic place to create a moment for character growth in Richie. The growth part being a sense of structure, stability, and perspective. God forbid Richie learn how to be a little LESS toxic in the workplace... the article almost makes it seem like bad thing that Carmen's presence completely destabilizes the current unhealthy work environment that his brother left him.

I do agree and think that the show should address the gentrification part. them having the beef still open on the side is something but in the next season, i'd like to see more of that side.

Just finished s3 last night. Compared to s2 (and maybe even s1), it kinda felt...lackluster? Outside of Napkins, I'm not sure we got anything on the level of Forks or Fishes.

Almost feels like a transitional season in a lot of ways with a lot of set-up and no pay off. Maybe that's by design seeing as they filmed s3 and 4 back to back.

Hoping s4 delivers. S2 was so good, the show might be a victim of it's own success.

S3 had flashback scenes and he's smoking in them

season 3 was great. really enjoy a new season of awesome television every year. s/o the tina episode. wow. blown away by Ayo's directing sensibilities

Started this, this show some mid fr

Ignoring the text of the tweet, seeing the parallels side by side is dope

I didn't really care for it either, felt like to me they were trying to get another fishes/forks.

loved it when in the end David basically told Carm to f\*\*\* off lmao. like bro its your s\*\*\* and crying to him wont fix it. yeah hes a douche but I almost feel like we're not even supposed to hate him outright, hes too underwritten for us to find him the sole point of Carm's suffering

the season wasnt great and I wonder if it'll have as much critical acclaim as other seasons now that its feeling itself so much

highlight of the season is when John Cena showed up, I was so happy it wasnt spoiled to me and I literally screamed when I saw him

Damn thanks for linking this

This site got writing you f*** with regularly or was this a one off hit for you??

and we know this motherfucker only looked good because Jeremy Allen White has god tier physique and they tailor these s***s to look picture perfect on top of them specifically picking stuff for certain body types

its gonna be lots of people getting disappointed first putting these on after this episode

bro this is so funny, I needed something so I googled 'bourgeoise' and one of the images google showed me on the right among all types of vintage art was a screenshot from the bear I normally dont do this but I really wanted to see why its there so I clicked the image and it linked this article. its not showing that image to me now

tbh I dont care much for 'that' type of a***ysis because you really can do it with anything and make it mean a thousand different things. but this article really tapped into something I had in the back of my mind as I was watching but wasnt sure if it makes sense to contextualize it that way. you dont wanna nag over class and s*** every time you watch a tv show. but its cool to be seen!

Anyone worried about the restaurant being gentrified needs to know that it’s been noted since season 1 that it’s located in River North, the bougie part of Chicago

Season 3 isn’t as good as the previous two seasons but I didn’t think it was as bad as some people made it out to be.