#i cant stand reality tv because in general i do NOT enjoy watching people shout
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ive never actually watched anything gordon ramsey (except chef jr) so i thought id check out kitchen nightmares
it is WILD how different the british 2004 version is from the american 2007 version oh my god
and its not because "ooh americans are insane"
the british one (at least the first few episodes ive seen) is a little depressing, because they didnt do a good job framing a narrative arc. a restaurant is suffering believable problems, ramsey comes in, fixes the restaurant...and then theres a check in a month later to reveal that it went back to shit the second he left. it's honest, but not very fun television.
the american one has the opposite problem. i actually couldnt even get through the first episode because it's so over-the-top obviously staged bullshit. like i can practically SEE the director off screen saying "yes! now everyone shout at once!" and theres a cheesy narrator telling me EXACTLY what i'm supposed to feel at all times. i guess its probably entertaining for some people, but my god i can actively feel my brain going numb at how stupid and substanceless it is.
like, i know reality tv is a shithole, but surely there was a middle ground here, where they told mostly real stories, but with a little bit more editing flare to give it a satisfying emotional arc.
#i cant stand reality tv because in general i do NOT enjoy watching people shout#and i hate how its faked. like. actors in a fiction show might really be friends.#but these people certainly actually hate each other irl and thats uncomfortable#because they arent SCRIPTED to have drama they are EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATED until drama happens#im gonna keep watching the british one#in the hopes that they hit that sweet spot at some point before going nuts with the fake bullshit
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