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Jan 23Liked by Maureen Monahan

My biggest critique of the bear, being part of the Chicago restaurant alumni all the scenes when they are in the actual restaurant kitchen at their location, other locations for inspiration. Never is there a one "insert Latino ethnicity" dishwasher. This very important job in the restaurant industry is very well known for a gateway for H.S. teens (graduated or dropouts) to find a job that can lead them to a stable career. Second group are immigrants who come from "insert Latin American country" that are looking for steady income and usually have an in with an ex or current employee of that restaurant. When Carmy is going through the kitchen and yells at dish for not having pans set for service and Drew say's yes chef. This brief moment takes me out of the show. Drew is from Rogers Park but his family live in Evergreen Park so if he really wanted a job he would work construction with Uncle Pat and cousin Simon Kelly. This is not a Chicago restaurant.

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Jan 23Liked by Maureen Monahan

Thanks for plugging my Letterboxd

That scene in the Bear is about the only scene in the show that I didn’t think sucked, because it shows how Richie, a hothead moron douche piece of shit who has no good qualities at all, actually has slightly more than 0% value as a person. Thanks to your analysis here, I realize now that that scene actually sucks too and that the Bear fully sucks. Feels good to be able to hate 100% now, since I was basically there (I didn’t finish season 2 and prob won’t)

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