Hey there! Really blown away by the support and the fact that we are coming close to 1000 subscribers on the channel. To be transparent, I was not expecting this video to go as far as it did - I was expecting maybe 100 views at most. 300k is just wild to comprehend. Appreciate the kind words and feedback to help make even stronger videos in the future. If you liked the video, consider subscribing to help get to 1000!
I also love that they cast people who look like real people. That cannot be emphasized enough. Often times you look at some of these actors and you're like "wtf is someone who looks like that working as a (Insert job here that's not an actor or model)?"
@@thomaschristopherwhite9043 I meant Sammy Fak not looking like the other Faks. I personally thought the John Cena cameo was pretty funny but it's impossible to believe he's related to the other Faks brothers haha
@@thomaschristopherwhite9043 Not really or isn't? The Faks, just like Richie, are not related to the Berzattos. The Fak in question is John Cena cameoing who still isn't related to the Berzattos. Now if you could make the argument that he's not related to the FAKS since he looks so different. If you thought they were talking about anybody else aside from Sammy Fak then you may need to get your head checked
@@christianlarson4201 oh yes, because that’s how depression works. Silly me for not being just the worst. Silver lining- he wrote his last book specifically for her, so at least she has that. (Along with his extensive catalog of his travels and other books) Depression doesn’t care about ‘nothin y’all.
@@hanksilman4016 depression is a treatable illness, but I guess he couldn't afford treatment. If someone has cancer, and a family, and doesn't get the best treatment they have access to, they are neglecting their responsibility to their family. I don't care about the illness, if you're neglecting treatment, that's on you.
@@christianlarson4201 and just like with cancer, treatment does not always work. Depression is not a consistent illness to begin with. So you can feel great one day and terrible the same night out of nowhere
@@christianlarson4201 depression doesnt work like that - you dont just go I need to get help. You actively avoid the it. As it gets worse, it consumes you. In simple terms the color in your life is just muted and dull. You can still have happy moments and enjoy things, but its always off and it gets harder to just get started. Eventually you question meaning. Depression is complex and different for everyone too. Its hard for someone who hasnt been through it to understand it. And even for those who have gone through it can sometimes lack the empathy because they roughed it out. There is many reasons - but from how I understand it and experience it depression is the one thing that ignores reason and sense because it is by all definitions a contradiction. Your logic versus your logic. You typically have the answers but the start button just isn't there or keeps stalling. as for your cancer statement - I would never want my family to suffer for my selfish need to want them alive. If they have lost their desire to fight and its progressed significantly - I would never fault someone for just wanting their final days to be at peace than the stress of doctors and treatment.
Idk if you saw an interview or something where they actually say they're cooking actual, tasty, high quality food on set, and then eating it, and if so feel free to call me out. But they are 100% getting food catered most of the time if my experience in film studio catering means anything. Even if it's real food on set, shoots can take hours and maintaining the food safe conditions of prop food while filming just so it is safe to eat later sounds terribly high effort.
Watching Matty before the bear ever came out is such a validating feeling. Watching him grow and take on acting and KILLING IT all while being a legit chef is amazing
And the best part, is he almost just plays as himself in The Bear. Surprisingly to people who don't know his other appearances, he's particularly soft-spoken and toned down in the show 🤣😂
The only thing they didn't recreate about working in a kitchen is the heat. My first job was as a kitchen hand working in an Italian restaurant, long before going to culinary school, and the thing is the heat. A working kitchen has little ventilation and with all those gas burners the average on a night was about 32C in the kitchen I worked in. In summer time that was even higher topping out some nights around 40C. You sweat like a pig and are constantly on the go. Best and worst workout you'll ever have.
couple years ago in a place i worked we used a laver point thermometer on the ceiling "for fun" 48°C with humidity i remember having to dry my face with a towel every 15 minutes to avoid sweating on the plates it was a very small kitcher, with a boiler, a flat stove, a big friyer, an oven and a pizza oven the pizzaiolo actually argued that his position was better because "it's hotter, but at least it's dry"
2:07 "Simple tasks like making sauces." My brother, there is nothing simple about making a sauce in fine dining. It's probably the most difficult job in the kitchen (not in terms of stress, but in skill).
@bradc4277 It was a gentle admonishment. I just want all home chefs to learn the art of the sauce. Anyone can cook a chicken or steak to perfection with a decent heat source and a thermometer. Developing a flavor in a sauce is in that coffee roaster/sommelier range of skills in that it requires creativity, knowledge of ingredients, honed senses, and plenty of technical know-how. I myself am not an expert saucier. And that's because it is HARD. The good thing is that even a mediocre sauce-maker can make your special Saturday night meal into something very special.
@@mskcrcmy old go to “easy” sauce for steaks Use a stainless steel skillet to cook the steak While it’s resting after cooking Deglaze the skillet with some more butter, very finely diced shallots, and white wine Scrape the fond off the skillet 😂mix into the butter shallot and wine mixture, at the last second throw in a small amount of very finely chopped parsley If you prep the shallots and parsley while the steak is cooking, then the sauce takes about a minute to make and it’s definitely not terrible
@@mskcrc I've been helping my friend get into cooking. It was a big learning moment when he realized that you can make soup by adding things to stock, and that you can't just mix flour and water and expect a bakery loaf of bread. He's a smart guy, and it highlighted to me how knowledge is present in cooking. Being by his side has taught be how to be a better educator and communicator since we don't share the same vocabulary. All of that to say "make a cheater demiglace" is a completely meaningless statement if you're not in a cooking space. What is a demi-glace, what is it used for, what makes this a cheater, what are the steps to make it? I know what you're saying but if your target audience is the home chef who doesn't know "the art of the sauce" then this isn't helping. Maybe instead recommend some resources. Alex, the French Cooking Guy, has a fantastic 12 part series on sauces where he as a homecook learns how to make some very basic sauces. Ultimately presenting them to Michelin chefs. It is a great resource to understand the history and effort needed to construct even the most basic of sauces.
The Doors episode was triggering my PTSD as someone who used to work in hospitality😂they captured the chaos the anxiety and stress during service and the conflicts between FOH and BOH so well
As someone who is managing anxiety I can attest that it very accurately depicts anxiety and therefore triggers anxiety 😂 😅 and that's why I don't binge watch this show. I watch 1 maybe 2 in one sitting.
I can't stress enough how REAL this show is! I am working as a sous chef in a 1 star michelin restaurant. Everytime when customers ask for changes or variations of a dish we LITERALLY GO INSANE! Sadly most civilists can't relate at all, they think the service part is making us nuts smh.
An old boss of mine ran in the same circles as Matty and met him on several occasions, and I was absolutely relieved to find out he's exactly the same in real life as you see on the camera, very upbeat but no nonsense, insisting on cooking for everyone. Truly a national treasure of Canada!!
This show was so real I stopped watching after the 3rd episode. It gave me PTSD. I worked from casual to currently fine dining. It was too much. My apple watch told me my heart rate was shooting up while watching…
I mean, a big part of the show's success was the recognition and promotion it got from the hospitality industry. I've never seen a show capture the stress, passion, suffering, and elation that a good shift can bring you. It's just a masterpiece in its own way
Fak reminds me of my friend who was the head cook when me and him both worked the line in a restaurant. He looks like him ,sounds like him and more or less acts like him the into difference is he was basically the in the lead position where as fak is on the lower end of the hierarchy.
How do you only have 200 subscribers? I just subscribed and was your 200 but still. How? That’s actually crazy for the quality of video you pump out. Big fan.
Props to you, this was a very well thought out and straight-to-the-point video which I enjoyed immensely...I don't usually sub to random videos I click but I watched yours from start to end, great job dude!
I love this attention to detail. This makes me want to go back to culinary school just to brush up. Beautiful show. PS: Your flow is top notch. Just got a buttload of info and the video felt longer in a good way to have just experience 5 mins like I did.
something interesting about the bear as a tv show is that as someone who has much experience working in kitchens both fine dining and casual eating, is that it really manages to somehow capture the genuine feeling that is presented by the stress in a kitchen. its almost like you are back on that 4:30 pm rush.
Can i pick what i love about Matty Matheson the most? Is it the chaos? Is it his tutorial on consomme? Is it his interview outburst on missing or murdered indigenous women? It's the latter. He looks chaotic and grungy, but that man has a true north compass. Incredible human. Love him.
Its always the shows/movies that are acutely aware of how tied they are to real life that do the best. Mr. Robot did so well because they didn't do overly fantastical hacking. The Bear did the same thing. I never worked in fine dining, but I have worked in a restaurant for 3 years. The tension feels the exact same.
when the bear season one came out i had quit my job as a line cook for health reasons about a month ago. i had stress nightmares about being in the kitchen again
Thank you so much for this background. Had no idea. I love the dedication to realism and the commitment to actuall train and cook. Brilliant. Glad they had the bidget to do it.
Been there with Matty since his Guaranteed to get your Laid Mac & Cheese to what he is today! I am so happy to see that he is known for his actual culinary expertise and not just a UA-cam funny man! "MICHELLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
The brilliance of The Bear is that it isn't a drama; it's a comedy. It's satire and parody filled with hyperbole. The only people who think it's a drama are hospo workers who take themselves far too seriously. Every Emmy award it has won is in the comedy category, yet its biggest fans still can't put two and two together. If ever there was a group of people who like to take a grandiose view of themselves and wear injuries like badges of honour, it's chefs. It is a commentary on the prima donna attitude of fine dining.
Its more of a dramedy. Its definitely not satire, more commentary on how ambition can leave you vulnerable and alone. Carmie's connections with his brother and Syd and Ritchie are the meat of the show, wrapped in the comedic chaos of an authentic restaurant world.
@@LANeverSleeps Eh? Books are divided into categories: fiction and non-fiction. Drama is the same. It's either Tragedy or comedy. Any drama that uses a non-serious tone (A.K.A Hyperbolae, Satire, humour, melodrama.) It is deemed a comedy. So, what is satire? A means of criticising any deeply held beliefs, rituals, stupidities, rhetoric, etc, within a modern context. That is precisely what the bear does. It critiques people who take themselves too seriously and make work their central passion without borders or boundaries. The show spells this out in the early episodes with a monologue by Carmie. This is what happens when you reduce funding for the arts. People's education in it becomes very poor. The Bear is no different from a Shakespearian or Greek comedy. Comedy doesn't have to use humour. It often does, but something doesn't have to be funny to be one. The show writer, producer, showrunner, and actors have all publicly stated that it's a comedy because they know what drama is. The same as a book can be 99.9% accurate, but if it makes up one single part as imagination... it's non-fiction now. It does use hyperbolism; it does use satire, and it does use dark humour. That is what makes it a comedy and not a tragedy. Its melodramatic in nature. There is no denying this, and that's why everyone who is making it has said multiple times it's why it's a comedy.
I love Matty! I've been watching him for years. First saw him when he was doing his round on YT as a guest. That burger show (on First we Feast), BA with Brad (I remember them fishing) and on Binging with Babage... He's fun.
My dad, a prep chef, won't watch this show due to PTSD relating to stress as a cook, I have had similar trauma responses having watched the show, even if I don't have much time in restaurants.
Having worked in several restaurants in High School and college (not fancy ones), I appreciate the authenticity of this show! When things were working well, and the "team" in sync, every once in a while, working a shift could almost feel like being in a ballet. Along with mostly sheer drudgery and repetition.
in your next video i would highly reccomend turning down the background music and talk with a little bit more flow instead of almost sounding like you are rushing thru your script. other than that great video, and you will def. get more subs, didn't even realize that you had less then 300 subs before scrolling down.
I feel like nobody that actually works in the high end service industry enjoys watching the bear. It’s well done no doubt, but not what you do on a day off.
As someone who has worked in a shitty pizza and wings place, and also worked under chefs like Dave Pasternack.... The Bear is extremely accurate, and the details they subtly drop in are like a thank you and love story to all the kitchen staff busting their asses for dirt pay everyday... Just because they want to create consumable magic.
I've worked in many kitchens before, of many calibres, but never in one where the menus require such intricate cooking and plating. This means a lot of handling. So, I have a genuine question: is it realistic that there are so few people working in this kitchen?
Solid video. If I could offer one piece of criticism, the second overstays it's welcome a bit. I started to notice and be annoyed by it at around the 3 minute mark. Maybe switch to another track earlier when using that one.
The only thing i could have seen more of was the stress of having 4 prep jobs going at once and running service. (And i might be wrong) Other than that its a close 10
Really great breakdown, but good lord dude, I'd need all all my fingers and all my toes to count how many times you used the words "empowered" and "craft" etc
good video, but a tip: make sure your audio levels are consistent, the clips from the show are way louder than your voice recording so it's very jarring when it cuts to a clip of the show.
Man...screw the Michelin star chefs. Give me the real story of us 16-24 yr old bus boys, waitstaff, bartenders, dishwashers & sous chefs who lugged monster ice sculptures, stole the general managers car time and time again, jumped the 18th hole on our way to drop off linens, beat 40 yr old rich ladies off trying to hit on us as we chased their 20 yr old daughters bored to death in the middle of nowhere surrounded by all us resort workers at the #1 most traveled to resort in the country the 4-6 years after the filming of Dirty Dancing at resort. Not one story on The Bear could come close to the absolute late 80's/early 90's insanity we had in the middle of nowhere NC. I really should write a book!
I just thought that the romance ark of the bear is its weakest element. Coming in exactly at the time when he starts shouting about how he should not be in a romantic relationship felt so cliché it hurt a bit. Usually, good writing, but that part felt like a mistake. Like an executive saying, hey to get a bigger audience we need a romantic interest to push up the drama. So the finale of season 2 felt like a letdown. The mother angle and group dynamic of the staff is much more fascinating to me.
Yeah that bothered me too haha. My old chef would have forced me to use the fucked up sauce for my staff meal (several hours later and then force me to make it again, correctly
Hey there! Really blown away by the support and the fact that we are coming close to 1000 subscribers on the channel. To be transparent, I was not expecting this video to go as far as it did - I was expecting maybe 100 views at most. 300k is just wild to comprehend. Appreciate the kind words and feedback to help make even stronger videos in the future. If you liked the video, consider subscribing to help get to 1000!
High quality editing, great pacing (not too long, but not too short to skimp out on important details) and a natural voice for voiceovers. Keep it up.
I also love that they cast people who look like real people. That cannot be emphasized enough. Often times you look at some of these actors and you're like "wtf is someone who looks like that working as a (Insert job here that's not an actor or model)?"
With ONE exception, being a certain Fak that seems to have no resemblance to the rest of the family 😂
@@Simple_City I mean he's not really related to the berzattos just like Richie isn't
@@thomaschristopherwhite9043 I meant Sammy Fak not looking like the other Faks. I personally thought the John Cena cameo was pretty funny but it's impossible to believe he's related to the other Faks brothers haha
@@thomaschristopherwhite9043 Not really or isn't? The Faks, just like Richie, are not related to the Berzattos. The Fak in question is John Cena cameoing who still isn't related to the Berzattos. Now if you could make the argument that he's not related to the FAKS since he looks so different.
If you thought they were talking about anybody else aside from Sammy Fak then you may need to get your head checked
Except for the absolute model that is Will Poulter lol
I wish Anthony Bourdain was still around to see this. The Bear is one of those things that you know he had been all over.
I wish he had been all over being a part of his daughter's life.
@@christianlarson4201 oh yes, because that’s how depression works. Silly me for not being just the worst. Silver lining- he wrote his last book specifically for her, so at least she has that. (Along with his extensive catalog of his travels and other books) Depression doesn’t care about ‘nothin y’all.
@@hanksilman4016 depression is a treatable illness, but I guess he couldn't afford treatment.
If someone has cancer, and a family, and doesn't get the best treatment they have access to, they are neglecting their responsibility to their family. I don't care about the illness, if you're neglecting treatment, that's on you.
@@christianlarson4201 and just like with cancer, treatment does not always work. Depression is not a consistent illness to begin with. So you can feel great one day and terrible the same night out of nowhere
@@christianlarson4201 depression doesnt work like that - you dont just go I need to get help. You actively avoid the it. As it gets worse, it consumes you. In simple terms the color in your life is just muted and dull. You can still have happy moments and enjoy things, but its always off and it gets harder to just get started. Eventually you question meaning.
Depression is complex and different for everyone too. Its hard for someone who hasnt been through it to understand it. And even for those who have gone through it can sometimes lack the empathy because they roughed it out. There is many reasons - but from how I understand it and experience it depression is the one thing that ignores reason and sense because it is by all definitions a contradiction. Your logic versus your logic. You typically have the answers but the start button just isn't there or keeps stalling.
as for your cancer statement - I would never want my family to suffer for my selfish need to want them alive. If they have lost their desire to fight and its progressed significantly - I would never fault someone for just wanting their final days to be at peace than the stress of doctors and treatment.
You got to imagine post shooting, the meals for the crew would be IMMACULATE with how they actually cooked the food
Idk if you saw an interview or something where they actually say they're cooking actual, tasty, high quality food on set, and then eating it, and if so feel free to call me out.
But they are 100% getting food catered most of the time if my experience in film studio catering means anything.
Even if it's real food on set, shoots can take hours and maintaining the food safe conditions of prop food while filming just so it is safe to eat later sounds terribly high effort.
Watching Matty before the bear ever came out is such a validating feeling. Watching him grow and take on acting and KILLING IT all while being a legit chef is amazing
And the best part, is he almost just plays as himself in The Bear. Surprisingly to people who don't know his other appearances, he's particularly soft-spoken and toned down in the show 🤣😂
The only thing they didn't recreate about working in a kitchen is the heat. My first job was as a kitchen hand working in an Italian restaurant, long before going to culinary school, and the thing is the heat. A working kitchen has little ventilation and with all those gas burners the average on a night was about 32C in the kitchen I worked in. In summer time that was even higher topping out some nights around 40C. You sweat like a pig and are constantly on the go. Best and worst workout you'll ever have.
But to be honest you’re always so immersed in your work you barely even notice the heat
couple years ago in a place i worked we used a laver point thermometer on the ceiling "for fun"
48°C
with humidity
i remember having to dry my face with a towel every 15 minutes to avoid sweating on the plates
it was a very small kitcher, with a boiler, a flat stove, a big friyer, an oven and a pizza oven
the pizzaiolo actually argued that his position was better because "it's hotter, but at least it's dry"
Yeah man fuck soup/pasta night. Ovens never shut off and pots always simmering.
And your sweat seasons the dishes even better✨✨
2:07 "Simple tasks like making sauces."
My brother, there is nothing simple about making a sauce in fine dining. It's probably the most difficult job in the kitchen (not in terms of stress, but in skill).
@@mskcrc Appreciate the perspective here, as I’ve never worked in a restaurant myself. Thanks!
@@trevscinema Make a "cheater" demiglace out of a leftover rotisserie chicken carcass. It will change your life.
@bradc4277 It was a gentle admonishment. I just want all home chefs to learn the art of the sauce. Anyone can cook a chicken or steak to perfection with a decent heat source and a thermometer. Developing a flavor in a sauce is in that coffee roaster/sommelier range of skills in that it requires creativity, knowledge of ingredients, honed senses, and plenty of technical know-how.
I myself am not an expert saucier. And that's because it is HARD. The good thing is that even a mediocre sauce-maker can make your special Saturday night meal into something very special.
@@mskcrcmy old go to “easy” sauce for steaks
Use a stainless steel skillet to cook the steak
While it’s resting after cooking
Deglaze the skillet with some more butter, very finely diced shallots, and white wine
Scrape the fond off the skillet 😂mix into the butter shallot and wine mixture, at the last second throw in a small amount of very finely chopped parsley
If you prep the shallots and parsley while the steak is cooking, then the sauce takes about a minute to make and it’s definitely not terrible
@@mskcrc I've been helping my friend get into cooking. It was a big learning moment when he realized that you can make soup by adding things to stock, and that you can't just mix flour and water and expect a bakery loaf of bread. He's a smart guy, and it highlighted to me how knowledge is present in cooking. Being by his side has taught be how to be a better educator and communicator since we don't share the same vocabulary.
All of that to say "make a cheater demiglace" is a completely meaningless statement if you're not in a cooking space. What is a demi-glace, what is it used for, what makes this a cheater, what are the steps to make it? I know what you're saying but if your target audience is the home chef who doesn't know "the art of the sauce" then this isn't helping. Maybe instead recommend some resources.
Alex, the French Cooking Guy, has a fantastic 12 part series on sauces where he as a homecook learns how to make some very basic sauces. Ultimately presenting them to Michelin chefs. It is a great resource to understand the history and effort needed to construct even the most basic of sauces.
The Doors episode was triggering my PTSD as someone who used to work in hospitality😂they captured the chaos the anxiety and stress during service and the conflicts between FOH and BOH so well
As someone who is managing anxiety I can attest that it very accurately depicts anxiety and therefore triggers anxiety 😂 😅 and that's why I don't binge watch this show. I watch 1 maybe 2 in one sitting.
Yep! I can't watch it much anymore. There's a good reason I left the food biz.
This show really helps create the anxiety of a work place and not just "this is hard"...something not easy to do.
I can't stress enough how REAL this show is! I am working as a sous chef in a 1 star michelin restaurant. Everytime when customers ask for changes or variations of a dish we LITERALLY GO INSANE! Sadly most civilists can't relate at all, they think the service part is making us nuts smh.
„Civilists“ lol
Seems like you have a toxic relationship to your customers.
Ur a civvie aswel, cheffy
@@IWontBuy-RP that would be stolen valor. SEMPER FRY
An old boss of mine ran in the same circles as Matty and met him on several occasions, and I was absolutely relieved to find out he's exactly the same in real life as you see on the camera, very upbeat but no nonsense, insisting on cooking for everyone. Truly a national treasure of Canada!!
One of the best realistic and emotional TV show ever. Thank you for your dedication to educate your viewers too.
Totally agree! This show is truly like no other!
This show was so real I stopped watching after the 3rd episode. It gave me PTSD. I worked from casual to currently fine dining. It was too much. My apple watch told me my heart rate was shooting up while watching…
My mom was an ER nurse and she hated the show ER. Said it felt like being at work 😂
I get it.
I am midway through 3rd season. It is definitely a Type-two fun situation for the same reason you stated.
I mean, a big part of the show's success was the recognition and promotion it got from the hospitality industry. I've never seen a show capture the stress, passion, suffering, and elation that a good shift can bring you. It's just a masterpiece in its own way
Writing a character, from the ground up is hard enough, yet they have crafted in a believable way how they would express themselves through cooking.
Thats gotta be so cool not only to write different characters culinary backgrounds, but their own personal palates and dishes.
Fak reminds me of my friend who was the head cook when me and him both worked the line in a restaurant. He looks like him ,sounds like him and more or less acts like him the into difference is he was basically the in the lead position where as fak is on the lower end of the hierarchy.
Hahah!! The restaurant industry definitely produces some crazy characters!
Solid video! I liked how you did a deep dive into the production and broke the show down into different parts! Well done.
Great analysis! I love that the production took the time to listen the language of food and chefs.
My wife has to be in the right mood to watch this show. She says it stresses her the hell out. But she still has watched every episode.
Matty has been one of my biggest influences in the last 5 years love seeing him succeed such a good dude
For a video put together that well I have no idea how you have under 500 subs. What an amazing video. Keep up the great work!!
How do you only have 200 subscribers? I just subscribed and was your 200 but still. How? That’s actually crazy for the quality of video you pump out. Big fan.
Props to you, this was a very well thought out and straight-to-the-point video which I enjoyed immensely...I don't usually sub to random videos I click but I watched yours from start to end, great job dude!
I love this attention to detail. This makes me want to go back to culinary school just to brush up. Beautiful show.
PS: Your flow is top notch. Just got a buttload of info and the video felt longer in a good way to have just experience 5 mins like I did.
As someone who works in a kitchen, I couldn't enjoy the show.
The actors were phenomenal in their acting. They were that good. To me, at least.
something interesting about the bear as a tv show is that as someone who has much experience working in kitchens both fine dining and casual eating, is that it really manages to somehow capture the genuine feeling that is presented by the stress in a kitchen. its almost like you are back on that 4:30 pm rush.
Brought a bigger role for himself in s3 as well.
I was looking for this comment
Can i pick what i love about Matty Matheson the most? Is it the chaos? Is it his tutorial on consomme? Is it his interview outburst on missing or murdered indigenous women?
It's the latter. He looks chaotic and grungy, but that man has a true north compass. Incredible human. Love him.
Its always the shows/movies that are acutely aware of how tied they are to real life that do the best. Mr. Robot did so well because they didn't do overly fantastical hacking. The Bear did the same thing. I never worked in fine dining, but I have worked in a restaurant for 3 years. The tension feels the exact same.
this show just breathes realism so much so that my dad asked me what cooking show/documentary im watching😂
when the bear season one came out i had quit my job as a line cook for health reasons about a month ago. i had stress nightmares about being in the kitchen again
Thank you so much for this background. Had no idea. I love the dedication to realism and the commitment to actuall train and cook. Brilliant. Glad they had the bidget to do it.
The show is fantastic, and kudos to casting director, and of course all around. I would love for a cameo of Stanley Tucci.
Been there with Matty since his Guaranteed to get your Laid Mac & Cheese to what he is today! I am so happy to see that he is known for his actual culinary expertise and not just a UA-cam funny man!
"MICHELLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Love the Video but come on give Courtney Storer credits in the title too, she deserves it
The brilliance of The Bear is that it isn't a drama; it's a comedy. It's satire and parody filled with hyperbole. The only people who think it's a drama are hospo workers who take themselves far too seriously. Every Emmy award it has won is in the comedy category, yet its biggest fans still can't put two and two together. If ever there was a group of people who like to take a grandiose view of themselves and wear injuries like badges of honour, it's chefs. It is a commentary on the prima donna attitude of fine dining.
Its more of a dramedy. Its definitely not satire, more commentary on how ambition can leave you vulnerable and alone. Carmie's connections with his brother and Syd and Ritchie are the meat of the show, wrapped in the comedic chaos of an authentic restaurant world.
@@LANeverSleeps Eh? Books are divided into categories: fiction and non-fiction. Drama is the same. It's either Tragedy or comedy. Any drama that uses a non-serious tone (A.K.A Hyperbolae, Satire, humour, melodrama.) It is deemed a comedy. So, what is satire? A means of criticising any deeply held beliefs, rituals, stupidities, rhetoric, etc, within a modern context. That is precisely what the bear does. It critiques people who take themselves too seriously and make work their central passion without borders or boundaries. The show spells this out in the early episodes with a monologue by Carmie. This is what happens when you reduce funding for the arts. People's education in it becomes very poor. The Bear is no different from a Shakespearian or Greek comedy. Comedy doesn't have to use humour. It often does, but something doesn't have to be funny to be one. The show writer, producer, showrunner, and actors have all publicly stated that it's a comedy because they know what drama is. The same as a book can be 99.9% accurate, but if it makes up one single part as imagination... it's non-fiction now. It does use hyperbolism; it does use satire, and it does use dark humour. That is what makes it a comedy and not a tragedy. Its melodramatic in nature. There is no denying this, and that's why everyone who is making it has said multiple times it's why it's a comedy.
I love Matty! I've been watching him for years. First saw him when he was doing his round on YT as a guest. That burger show (on First we Feast), BA with Brad (I remember them fishing) and on Binging with Babage... He's fun.
181 SUBS AND THIS QUALITY THO???? WHAAAAT
My dad, a prep chef, won't watch this show due to PTSD relating to stress as a cook, I have had similar trauma responses having watched the show, even if I don't have much time in restaurants.
Having worked in several restaurants in High School and college (not fancy ones), I appreciate the authenticity of this show! When things were working well, and the "team" in sync, every once in a while, working a shift could almost feel like being in a ballet. Along with mostly sheer drudgery and repetition.
in your next video i would highly reccomend turning down the background music and talk with a little bit more flow instead of almost sounding like you are rushing thru your script. other than that great video, and you will def. get more subs, didn't even realize that you had less then 300 subs before scrolling down.
896 subs 11:58am EST - AUG 15. HOW IS YOUR SUB COUNT SO LOW FOR A WELL MADE VIDEO?! great job!
I feel like nobody that actually works in the high end service industry enjoys watching the bear. It’s well done no doubt, but not what you do on a day off.
Do you mean that it reminds them too much of work for them to want to watch it on their day off?
As a cook i love the show, its accurately depicts life in a kitchen (or ships galley in my case)
Great break down dude. Great editing
0:52 Brother?
slight fumble 😅
As someone who has worked in a shitty pizza and wings place, and also worked under chefs like Dave Pasternack.... The Bear is extremely accurate, and the details they subtly drop in are like a thank you and love story to all the kitchen staff busting their asses for dirt pay everyday... Just because they want to create consumable magic.
Fantastic video, I don’t comment or like much videos but you earned it. Earned a subscriber to your videos
I still don’t get how it’s a comedy 💀
I don't see it as comedy but it does have some funny scenes.
Describing "The Bear" as a comedy is a complete joke.
Great insight and amazing video. Keep up the good work!
Matty made the show!? Now i gotta watch it
I just don’t understand why they call it a comedy. There are characters with humor but it’s a drama.
It’s about the time it’s only 30 min per episode so it automatically gets put into comedy genre the cast actually talked about that already
You win this time youtube recommends.
Watching season 1 right now, bitterly realistic so far.
Great video keep it up bud
I've worked in many kitchens before, of many calibres, but never in one where the menus require such intricate cooking and plating. This means a lot of handling.
So, I have a genuine question: is it realistic that there are so few people working in this kitchen?
You give me tierzoo vibes and frankly I love it
Very nicely put. Great analysis.
Now do it again, 50 times. We've got guests.
This was so informative
Realism is a stylized realism
truly impressed by not having hand doubles
how does this dude only have 315 subs
Now i want to watch it
Maybe Turn the music down a bit but otherwise great vid
Heard, chef. Appreciate the feedback!
@@trevscinema keep making videos! 🫡
great channel bro
“Yes chef fck me” I laughed for way too long at that 😂
I fucking love this show
Good content. You gotta shorten titles so it all fits in UA-cams text limit before "..."
Solid video. If I could offer one piece of criticism, the second overstays it's welcome a bit. I started to notice and be annoyed by it at around the 3 minute mark. Maybe switch to another track earlier when using that one.
I am watching this purely because of this vid you did and the fact that Matty is in it!
nice video, very informative.
The only thing i could have seen more of was the stress of having 4 prep jobs going at once and running service. (And i might be wrong)
Other than that its a close 10
good video, the background music is a little loud though x
Really great breakdown, but good lord dude, I'd need all all my fingers and all my toes to count how many times you used the words "empowered" and "craft" etc
good video, but a tip: make sure your audio levels are consistent, the clips from the show are way louder than your voice recording so it's very jarring when it cuts to a clip of the show.
Man, I wish Bourdain was still around to give his opinion on this show. And on everything else, to be honest.
“If you use tweezers when you cook, you’re an asshole.”
Maybe I was the only person that didn't know Matty was an actual chef. I thought he knew more than he let on though.
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Man...screw the Michelin star chefs. Give me the real story of us 16-24 yr old bus boys, waitstaff, bartenders, dishwashers & sous chefs who lugged monster ice sculptures, stole the general managers car time and time again, jumped the 18th hole on our way to drop off linens, beat 40 yr old rich ladies off trying to hit on us as we chased their 20 yr old daughters bored to death in the middle of nowhere surrounded by all us resort workers at the #1 most traveled to resort in the country the 4-6 years after the filming of Dirty Dancing at resort. Not one story on The Bear could come close to the absolute late 80's/early 90's insanity we had in the middle of nowhere NC.
I really should write a book!
the best 5 star
amazing video
Today I learned there’s a wrong way to hold a spoon
bear is kinda redundant after kitchen confidential, burnt and iron chef series...Its a tried and tested trope with no range any more.
She’s the brother?
loved the video but PLEASE remove the drop shadow from the intro (text) and outro (popcorn)
check out “waiting”
A bunch of actors that will have amazing 2nd careers if it doesn't work out lol
Louder music please i can almost hear you
of course he was there lol
I just thought that the romance ark of the bear is its weakest element. Coming in exactly at the time when he starts shouting about how he should not be in a romantic relationship felt so cliché it hurt a bit. Usually, good writing, but that part felt like a mistake. Like an executive saying, hey to get a bigger audience we need a romantic interest to push up the drama. So the finale of season 2 felt like a letdown. The mother angle and group dynamic of the staff is much more fascinating to me.
Season 3 was mcdonalds compared to the first 2 seasons.
*real cook*
902 subs?
Most Restaurants dont operate like this.
My one professional chef friend hates this show, but has never seen it. I don't get it.
I make a better piccata than carmy. Don’t need too much heat his was a browned butter split mess. My only critique of the show.
Yeah that bothered me too haha. My old chef would have forced me to use the fucked up sauce for my staff meal (several hours later and then force me to make it again, correctly
so wierd to see lip from shameless
S3 was a little disappointing, but I've enjoyed the show so far