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"Top Chef Reunion dinner"
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11-05-09, 00:49 AM (EST)
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"Top Chef Reunion dinner" |
LAST EDITED ON 11-05-09 AT 01:00 AM (EST)So, apparently, even Top Chef can't share an audience with the World Series. Thus, we get to rehash drama of seasons past. Seasons 1-5 show up, we get to remember Harold & Tiffany, Ilan & Marcel, Casey Dale & Hung, Blaise & Lisa, and Carla & Stefan. Everyone starts drinking and mingling. Fabio chats everyone up, and of course, it doesn't get confrontational until he gets to Marcel. Marcel cannot seem to handle any questions regarding his behavior/demeanor. Stefan tries to help out Fabio, but Marcel astutely points out that Stefan called him a tw*t. Stefan/Fabio try to laugh this off, but the elephant has now camped out in the middle of the room. Marcel himself is the first one to bring up the head shaving incident, note for later. Season draw knives to see which course they will be preparing. They get a budget of $500 (per course!?!?!) and go to whole foods. There's a lot of flash backs for everyone, and everyone seems to be having fun. Tif accuses Stefan of being a "lesbian opportunivore (sp?)" which Stefan is only too glad to own, and even tells Lisa she should watch out! Everyone sits down to eat, and of course drink more. We reinforce that Hung indeed was the right choice to win Season 3. Ilan and Marcel cooperate and bake a beautiful fish (salt crusted and oven baked)/ratatoullie. Then Fabio decides to bring the elephant to the dinner table, Marcel starts pouting, Casey starts whining that it wasn't her fault that Carla lost. At this point, Fabio's had it, tells the crew to shut of the cameras, and says"this is bravo, they invited you back, what did you think we were going to talk about? If you don't want to talk, go home." I'm paraphrasing because his accent is so thick, I can't really understand, but it's funny. Most everyone at the table seems to think that it was funny to, and the dinner ends without much controversy. Lots of fun Stew Room shots. I have to say, I had forgotten how disturbing the footage of the "head shaving" incident was. Not that I think they meant to harm him, but that they had imbibed so much that they couldn't hear him and how scared he was. For all his talk, Marcel really doesn't have any courage. Everyone else was able to own up to their shortcomings (Tif, Lisa) but Marcel still can't get to that place. He's either going to have to develop a sense of humor about his editing or they'll just keep making him look worse and worse. I wish Sam and Dave had been there, but you can't win them all.
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dabo 25344 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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11-05-09, 01:37 AM (EST)
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OMG, Dale and Sara are living together! That's almost incestuous.Oh, okay, it's really platonic. Or Plutonic. Or something. This was a fun reunion, enjoyed seeing many of them again. Marcel, grow up!
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DHerder222 63 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square"
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11-05-09, 02:17 AM (EST)
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Like I said in my little recap, I thought this was completely pointless. With the A-list awards and all the little events these folks do after being on the show, it seems like the cheftestants are all a part of some kind of clique, and have a lot of little inside things fans aren't always privy to. And mtb002, I'm so glad you posted the line Fabio said, something to the effect of "this is bravo, they invited you back, what did you think we were going to talk about? If you don't want to talk, go home." I don't get why reality shows, but Bravo's in particular, like to hype up the meaningless drama that happens on their shows. It makes more sense for something like Survivor, where the whole point of the show is to have drama. But for skill-oriented shows like Top Chef or Project Runway, there really should be more focus put on the contestants' crafts. It's one of the reasons I think American Idol is so popular - Yeah, there's a ton of hype and fluff, but in the end it's always about the singing.
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