pluto@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>I've never heard this discussed, and frankly I find it rather
>disgusting, confirming the ridiculousness that is the American version
>of "Iron Chef."
>
>Food fans know the story: the Japanese cooking smash "Iron Chef" was
>remade for America. In the inevitable dumbing-down that occurs
>whenever foreign shows are remade for the U. S., the mysterious,
>androgynous "Chairman" became a peppy one-note gymnast who was
>allegedly his "nephew" and who had just slightly less depth than Doris
>Day.
>
>I didn't get the TV Guide this week, so last night I had to flip
>through every channel to see what was on. On TBS a kung fu movie was
>starting, and it looked like (as with James Bond films) the first few
>minutes would be fun. They weren't. The only memorable part was the
>homophobia maybe two minutes in. During a jewel heist it's discovered
>a guard is gay, so an big black man is sent in to seduce him (using
>such irrestible come-ons as "Call me 'Rachel.'").
>
>After I sat open-mouthed through this horror -- I found out later it
>was produced by Joel Silver, though you've probably guessed by now -- a
>strange character appeared. He was some kind of drug lord, out to get
>the diamonds these folks were stealing, riding in a limo and
>accompanied by an almost-topless young black woman. I recognized the
>man immediately, but the peppy, unconvincing delivery confirmed it.
>
>This was the Chairman's nephew from "Iron Chef."
>
>The ridiculous waste of celluloid, I discovered, is "Cradle 2 the
>Grave." Has anybody else seen this? Why on earth would Food Network
>sign a cast-off from a Joel Silver film as Iron Chef's patriarch? Were
>they hoping food fans and exploitative kung fu film fans would be
>mutually exclusive?
Can I buy some pot from you?
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