Fires erupt, fuses blow, and chaos reigns as ‘The Bear’ pulls the tablecloth out from under the myth of the kitchen.
. So it’s surprising that it’s taken TV so long to get around to edgy, troubled chefs. An attempt to adapt, no less— flamed out back in 2005.of the myth of the lone male genius chef. Too often this figure has been entangled with a toxic, abusive work culture, a restaurant industry in which bullying and sexual harassment were accepted and ignored as byproducts of the high-pressure command structure.
Sometimes Carmy has flashbacks to one of the great restaurants where he trained. Unlike the Original Beef, that high-end kitchen is gleaming, white, and orderly, full of delicately arranged dishes that look more like paintings than meals. But Carmy’s boss there is a sadistic chef who taunts and tortures his staff. "You’re terrible at this, you’re no good at it," he goads Carmy.
Chafing under the wild male genius mantle, Carmy is determined to be a different kind of chef who runs a different kind of restaurant. He hires Sydney Adamu , an ambitious Culinary Institute of America graduate, to help him whip Original Beef into a new shape. Sydney is overqualified to be sous chef in a local dive, but she worships Carmy’s food and shares his vision of a kinder, gentler food culture. “It doesn’t have to be a place where the food is shitty and everybody acts shitty,” she says.
“I do not care what you do up in Napa with your tweezers and your foie gras,” Richie booms, ordering Carmy to serve the restaurant’s traditional spaghetti instead of the fancy new dish he’s cooked up. Then Richie sneaks off to taste Carmy’s food and groans with pleasure. Other staffers find themselves newly inspired.
Just as Carmy aspires to create a culinary workplace that doesn’t revolve around a single dictatorial auteur,is an ensemble production packed with prickly, vibrant performances. Sydney is self-assured and has perfect comic timing , whileis good as Carmy’s sister, Sugar. She’s frustrated by his inability to express feelings, though the camera captures glimpses of the immense sorrow pulsing under his skin.
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