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I used to think 'The Bear' was just a show about a kitchen
My cousin in Chicago told me to watch it, saying 'it's not about food, it's about family and pressure.' I finally gave it a shot last week and binged the whole first season in two nights. The scene where Carmy fixes the sandwich for the critic, using the exact same ingredients but with care, completely changed my view. It showed the show's real heart is in the tiny details, not the yelling. What other shows have a moment that totally flips what you think they're about?
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andrew_gonzalez881mo ago
You said the heart is in the tiny details, not the yelling, but I have to disagree. For me, the yelling is one of the tiny details. It's the sound of the pressure they're all under. That pressure is what the show is really about, and the quiet sandwich scene only works because of all the noise that came before it. The show flips from being about a kitchen to being about that weight, and the yelling is a huge part of showing that weight.
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cooper.linda1mo ago
But doesn't the quiet hit harder when the yelling feels earned, @andrew_gonzalez88?
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