Anthony Bourdain has a new show on the Travel Channel called the Layover. The idea is that he does things around a city in 24 to 48 hours. There's a preview here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/23/anthony-bourdain-the-layover-sneak-peek_n_978285.html
Bourdain acknowledged that he is essentially copying Samantha Brown's show, but then snarked on Twitter that his show would actually be good. This is again my biggest problem with Bourdain and why watching his show can be so painful. He's snarky and doesn't take BS well, but then he turns around and just be outright mean.
Was it necessary to call out Samantha Brown? I happen to like Samantha Brown. I'm pretty sure his biggest problem with Samantha is that she is happy and friendly with everyone, and he thinks it's fake. You know, Bourdain, it's actually OK not to be snarky all the time. Samantha has her place on the Travel Channel and you have yours, and believe it or not, both can be good. Samantha gets to do a lot of amazing stuff and it's nice to see someone who is happy about it and actually appreciates it. Bourdain takes such great pride in not doing the typical tourist thing, which is great, but there is no way he can ever be part of the local, especially with a camera crew following him around. In his own way, his shows are just as manufactured as Samantha's.
yeah, that's just uncalled for.
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