I’m now in my fourth season I think of watching Hell’s Kitchen. I got hooked during season two and while that was still airing had a 2 day binge where I ripped through the first season. By the third season I wondered how much was reality and how much was scripted and how much was sometimes people are just complete jackasses.
It’s possible that by design they deliberately pick 80% of the contestants who will have no shot in hell. And it’s highly likely that they want to get people who will completely make a mockery of themselves. But sometimes I wish they would get at least 10 contestants who actually had a shot, and only a handful of people who are complete idiots. It seems to skew the other way around. But again, I’m in my fourth year of watching so maybe they know what they’re doing.
This week they eliminated a third contestant. A complete sexist pig and and by the way, at least as the producers portrayed him, a moron, a pansy (his word, not mine) plus he couldn’t cook. Any time they would have snippets where he was interviewed about what was going there was always some snide remark about how men were better than women, or how he wasn’t here to do some task that should be done by a woman.
Jason had a few major problems. He couldn’t remember what the three dessert items on the menu were so the chef sent him to his room to study. When he came back, he couldn’t handle the pressure of actually having to recite what the three desserts were. He pretty much gave up. Louross (who is starting to grow on me as someone who could win, even though I hate the Mohawk) tried to drag Jason back to the kitchen and Jason went on and on about how he couldn’t do it under pressure. Louross was having none of it. And come on, remembering three items isn’t massive pressure.
Finally Jason comes back to the kitchen. And, he couldn’t do it. Said he couldn’t do it. Chef asked him if he wanted to go home and he said yes. “I’m done,” he said. But then, miraculously, he is able to recite the three items. I have trouble believing that wasn’t staged.
Fast forward to the end, Jason winds up getting the boot. The voice over as Jason walks out was Jason saying:
“You know, the last girls that got put up on the block, they start crying, well maybe if I would’ve cried like some little pansy, some chick, you know, maybe I’d be back upstairs chilling right now. But I can’t do that. I’m a man, I sure as hell ain’t gonna going to cry about it. I am however going to go get drunk.”
So we had “a man” who went into a whole “I can’t do it, I can’t do it”, said he was “done” and wanted to go home. And he is proud of himself for being…a man.
I’ve lived long enough where I believe it’s definitely possible for someone to be that stupid and incredibly lacking in self-awareness. And I suppose maybe it wasn’t all staged because if it were, the better route would’ve been to resurrect Omar from HBO’s The Wire and have him blow Jason away with his sawed off shotgun. And before any of you judge me for saying that, please don’t judge until you’ve watched.
Despite this, I love the show and Chef Ramsay is one of my favorite characters on TV. Plus, he gets better ratings than Oprah.
Aren’t almost all reality shows staged? (the performance-based ones I don’t think are — e.g. American Idol and the various dancing shows) I’ve heard anecdotally that the producers of those shows manipulate the cast members to produce “controversy,” and if a cast member doesn’t “bite,” that person gets removed.
The various Skanks-of-Love shows on VH1 are infamous for that. Flavor of Love 3 had to bring in five (5) new contestants in the middle of the show, and Rock of Love 2 removed all the “sane” contestants to leave at least one complete crazy in the “final 2.”
So, the fact that Hell’s Kitchen throws in some bad cast members to have meltdowns (e.g. Aaron from Season 3, or this guy from Season 4) doesn’t surprise me.
Aren't almost all reality shows staged? (the performance-based ones I don't think are — e.g. American Idol and the various dancing shows) I've heard anecdotally that the producers of those shows manipulate the cast members to produce “controversy,” and if a cast member doesn't “bite,” that person gets removed.
The various Skanks-of-Love shows on VH1 are infamous for that. Flavor of Love 3 had to bring in five (5) new contestants in the middle of the show, and Rock of Love 2 removed all the “sane” contestants to leave at least one complete crazy in the “final 2.”
So, the fact that Hell's Kitchen throws in some bad cast members to have meltdowns (e.g. Aaron from Season 3, or this guy from Season 4) doesn't surprise me.
Like Apprentice, Im sure that Ramsay preselects(in his mind) 2 or 3 with real potential then surrounds them with idiots and few normal but mediocre cooks so he doesnt have to think too hard when firing them. Plus having idiots around makes for good TV. That the only explanation for last seasons Aaron the big crybaby. Some women he picks are just so he has someone to ogle. LOL!
Like Apprentice, Im sure that Ramsay preselects(in his mind) 2 or 3 with real potential then surrounds them with idiots and few normal but mediocre cooks so he doesnt have to think too hard when firing them. Plus having idiots around makes for good TV. That the only explanation for last seasons Aaron the big crybaby. Some women he picks are just so he has someone to ogle. LOL!
Robert you are so right on about Jason, he was such misogynistic asshole!!! Louross is so cool, I love his mohawk! I think Louross and Christina could emerge as deserving $250,000/ a year for running Ramsay’s London L.A. but the season is still young and I know Roxanne makes it to he final 3, cuz she was on Good Day L.A. w/ chef Ramsay 2-3 months ago!
Robert you are so right on about Jason, he was such misogynistic asshole!!! Louross is so cool, I love his mohawk! I think Louross and Christina could emerge as deserving $250,000/ a year for running Ramsay's London L.A. but the season is still young and I know Roxanne makes it to he final 3, cuz she was on Good Day L.A. w/ chef Ramsay 2-3 months ago!
I’m going to pretend I didn’t read that. I hate spoilers. ::covering my eyes::
I'm going to pretend I didn't read that. I hate spoilers. ::covering my eyes::
OMG! Damn I’m SOOOO SORRY; My Bad. Won’t happen again, promise… hey you know what it probably wasn’t Roxanne, yeah I don’t even remember who that was, maybe i saw a guy, you know ummmm… Sorry
OMG! Damn I'm SOOOO SORRY; My Bad. Won't happen again, promise… hey you know what it probably wasn't Roxanne, yeah I don't even remember who that was, maybe i saw a guy, you know ummmm… Sorry