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Someone then found out about his producer’s birthday.“The entire restaurant sang “Happy Birthday” to him and presented him with a cake.”
Bourdain was in awe at the stark difference between the Iran he had been led to believe and the Iran where an entire restaurant sang “Happy Birthday” to stranger.
Anybody watch this last night?
Food star Anthony Bourdain tells of a ‘different Iran’ than expected
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/per...-tells-of-a-different-Iran-than-expected.html
Not surprising, but also highly informative.
Beer drinking, pizza eating, American muscle car loving, family oriented people just trying to live their lives to the best of their abilities.
Also - NOT hating America, although not forgetting that America supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war which included Iraq using some pretty hideous weapons on the Iranians.
I especially liked the one scene where Anthony was having a HUGE formal lunch with a family and the father specifically stated "we are not the axis of evil".
So I'm wondering what your thoughts are regarding the show.
That does not mean that Iran is not dangerous and as close to a pure enemy as you can ever hope to find.
never expect to go there and did not have any interest in the place at all
A guy in the show stated something very intelligently.
The places and people we fear the most, or typically the places and people we know the least about.
To eradicate that fear, we must strive to get to know more about the places and the people.
Pretty much Iran in a nutshell.
It's a simple TV show. You should watch it.
In terms of countries that have invaded other countries over the last 100 years (think modern military weapons) who's been a larger threat to the planet's inhabitants?
The USofA does a spectacular job of fearmongering when it comes to "The Axis Of Evil".
We need a boogieman to keep fear alive and politicians in office. Iran and North Korea fit that bill pretty nicely.
The Iranian people in general, the average Iranian, are not the ones to be feared.
Anybody watch this last night?
Food star Anthony Bourdain tells of a ‘different Iran’ than expected
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/per...-tells-of-a-different-Iran-than-expected.html
Not surprising, but also highly informative.
Beer drinking, pizza eating, American muscle car loving, family oriented people just trying to live their lives to the best of their abilities.
Also - NOT hating America, although not forgetting that America supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war which included Iraq using some pretty hideous weapons on the Iranians.
I especially liked the one scene where Anthony was having a HUGE formal lunch with a family and the father specifically stated "we are not the axis of evil".
So I'm wondering what your thoughts are regarding the show.
Anybody watch this last night?
Food star Anthony Bourdain tells of a ‘different Iran’ than expected
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/per...-tells-of-a-different-Iran-than-expected.html
Not surprising, but also highly informative.
Beer drinking, pizza eating, American muscle car loving, family oriented people just trying to live their lives to the best of their abilities.
Also - NOT hating America, although not forgetting that America supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war which included Iraq using some pretty hideous weapons on the Iranians.
I especially liked the one scene where Anthony was having a HUGE formal lunch with a family and the father specifically stated "we are not the axis of evil".
So I'm wondering what your thoughts are regarding the show.
Damn, I missed it. Love his shows!
Anybody watch this last night?
Food star Anthony Bourdain tells of a ‘different Iran’ than expected
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/per...-tells-of-a-different-Iran-than-expected.html
Not surprising, but also highly informative.
Beer drinking, pizza eating, American muscle car loving, family oriented people just trying to live their lives to the best of their abilities.
Also - NOT hating America, although not forgetting that America supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war which included Iraq using some pretty hideous weapons on the Iranians.
I especially liked the one scene where Anthony was having a HUGE formal lunch with a family and the father specifically stated "we are not the axis of evil".
So I'm wondering what your thoughts are regarding the show.
Anybody watch this last night?
Food star Anthony Bourdain tells of a ‘different Iran’ than expected
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/per...-tells-of-a-different-Iran-than-expected.html
Not surprising, but also highly informative.
Beer drinking, pizza eating, American muscle car loving, family oriented people just trying to live their lives to the best of their abilities.
Also - NOT hating America, although not forgetting that America supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war which included Iraq using some pretty hideous weapons on the Iranians.
I especially liked the one scene where Anthony was having a HUGE formal lunch with a family and the father specifically stated "we are not the axis of evil".
So I'm wondering what your thoughts are regarding the show.
Anybody watch this last night?
Food star Anthony Bourdain tells of a ‘different Iran’ than expected
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/per...-tells-of-a-different-Iran-than-expected.html
Not surprising, but also highly informative.
Beer drinking, pizza eating, American muscle car loving, family oriented people just trying to live their lives to the best of their abilities.
Also - NOT hating America, although not forgetting that America supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war which included Iraq using some pretty hideous weapons on the Iranians.
I especially liked the one scene where Anthony was having a HUGE formal lunch with a family and the father specifically stated "we are not the axis of evil".
So I'm wondering what your thoughts are regarding the show.
The USofA does a spectacular job of fearmongering when it comes to "The Axis Of Evil".
So I am not going to watch a repackaged travel channel show on CNN.
I think CNN has off-and-on tried to see itself as a world affairs, news, and investigative journalism channel. In that regard, Bourdain's programming fits really well. Lisa Ling and Mike Roe likewise compliment that. The thing is, the more news stations can become flexible yet intelligent like PBS the better it is for the audience.
They aren't there yet, though. I'm not exactly expecting a documentary on, say, the inner workings of the IRS or the Forest Service bureaucracies without the need to start bringing out pitchforks or sit-in demonstrations yet. It's unfortunate 24 hour cable news networks haven't matured to that point, but they're getting closer and closer to being adults about information.
My motto is: give them something they can't get anywhere else or as good anywhere else and don't bother catering to the Bravo crowd in the process. Make them smarter while making them feel at ease, and other times just straight up bore them so they can get smarter.
Watching it now, and as expected, Bourdain is pretty balanced. He shows mostly the good side of things, because its a travel show, but also mentions the way women are treated, and how fascist the govt is. One interesting part he talks to an Iranian Washington Post reporter and his girlfriend about the situation, nothing too dramatic, and then mentions how they were arrested after the govt saw what they said.
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