tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post7562621168321003070..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Adieu, AnthonyBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-34784114881356196702018-06-09T13:07:44.311-04:002018-06-09T13:07:44.311-04:00I was stunned. I can seldom find anything on teeve...I was stunned. I can seldom find anything on teevee that I can tolerate - hence my penchant for sports and documentaries. But I've been a Bourdain fan for years, as you say, after I read Kitchen Confidential (I just pushed it up to my Kindle to read again), but this current season of Parts Unknown has had me RAVING online after just about every episode. It's been some of the most gorgeous, thoughtful film making I can remember in a long time.<br /><br />But I understand what happened, at least in part. He was a kind of a low-life restaurant worker, doper, partier, working his way through a life he could understand and relate to. Then he wrote a piece that got picked up by the New Yorker, turned it into a best selling book, and got noticed for his style, attitude and charisma. He suddenly found himself in a place he never felt he belonged, a position he didn't feel he deserved, and despite all the fame and money and accolades, he was never going to find comfort and peace again...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-30438656914427799722018-06-09T11:56:42.529-04:002018-06-09T11:56:42.529-04:00R.I.P. Anthony R.I.P. Anthony Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03870186700642107667noreply@blogger.com