The Watch The Ringer

CR is a king. He makes the show work even though Andy doesn’t watch anything anymore besides Top Chef. Best on the ringer imho.

I love the commentary on hacks except when you said that the back-and-forth about whether or not she should have reported the comedy club guy for sexual-harassment was like an op ed. That was so off-base. Unless you are a Fox News “lady,” that is not ever how it is. The two questions are, do you kill your career and report the person and help other women or do you soldier on and try to help other women in the background and continue to have a job. I don’t actually expect men to understand what goes on that they don’t see but do think it’s important to point out when I hear things like this that are so incredibly off-base. The choices women have to make whether or not to report bad behavior are very real and they are not black white like you characterized.Again, think you guys are great and would be open to understanding that it is absolutely not like you characterized. And the show got it wrong too. No character like Ava would have actually thought Jean Smart should have derailed her railed her career by reporting that guy back in the day. other than that the show was great!

Started listening to this after hearing commercial for it on DavidChang podcast (which I would Highly Recommend), to hear their TopChef reviews.. omg. Are these people who actually LIKE the show or no?? The 2 main hosts aren’t too fun to listen too, there seems to be intermittent unpleasant tension. & overall way too sardonic and negative (I’m sarcastic but this isn’t funny at all). Just tried to get through the 5/14 episode- was great example of listening to 2 spoiled/whiny Americans, embarrassing. Sounded like there was a guest host, didn’t like him At All. Together the 2 speakers gripes about how “the drama” of TopChef is gone (go watch RealHousewives then! By and large everyone is LOVING the camaraderie currently, very much like BritishBakeOff on Netflix), voiced their disgust about contestants being asked to use leftovers or ugly food (ugh newsflash: not everyone has access to beautiful produce all the time- & fyi fishhead soup or curry is actually a delicacy from the asian village my family hails from.. so open your eyes & get educated and more worldly, guys!!) & maybe consider paying better attention to show/taking notes?? The one guy repeatedly referred to what Maria made in most recent episode as “tamales.” Dude, they weren’t tamales- go watch the show please. Ick.. def unsubscribing. The ignorance & self righteousness was just way too much/intolerable tbh.