Bourdain: Parts Unknown is about MS right now
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Obligatory homage
They did have a surprising array of writers hanging out there. And, of course, the self deprecating apologist that is always required anytime a documentary is shown on Ms.
They did have a surprising array of writers hanging out there. And, of course, the self deprecating apologist that is always required anytime a documentary is shown on Ms.
Other than the Oxford hype it painted Mis'sippi in a fairly positive light. Unusual for a yankee.
Bourdain is a pretty good guy; he tells it like it is.
Btw, if anyone wants a really good read, I highly recommend 'Kitchen Confidential', it's his book that basically made him famous.
The athletes will surely flock there now.
How will the rest of the SEC ever compete with such a glorious utopia located in North Mississippi?
That dude has a gigantic ego that fits right in there anyway. Just another pretentious gum flapper obsessed with his own "intelligence".
How will the rest of the SEC ever compete with such a glorious utopia located in North Mississippi?
That dude has a gigantic ego that fits right in there anyway. Just another pretentious gum flapper obsessed with his own "intelligence".
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Got some new jerk material, eh? And with one of those handsome older wasps you guys admire so much to boot.
Holy ****, if that wasn't Oxford, I don't know what is. A bunch of Art majors from Georgia and New Orleans patting themselves on the back about how great The Square is.
I fully expected Bourdain to tie in out of state diversity -> apathy for in State rival games -> redshirting Mrs. America.
4 out 5 bitches
I fully expected Bourdain to tie in out of state diversity -> apathy for in State rival games -> redshirting Mrs. America.
4 out 5 bitches
Yeah, I'm from the Delta; that was not about the Delta. More aptly titled, " Parts of Mississippi". It was a decent piece in that light, but very misleading title.
And it might be just me, but does Wright Thompson hear of every show on Mississippi and try to work himself in somehow? A bunch of people that migrated to Oxford doesn't really paint the picture of people that were born and raised here and inspired to do their work by Mississippi. There are tons of writers and artists from the Delta, but he grabbed a bunch of transplants. And what's sad is Wright is from damn Clarksdale, mecca of the blues, where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil, and they didn't even go there.
Sorry, but nobody from the Delta thought it caught the spirit of it. Jackson and Oxford are nowhere close to being Delta towns.
And it might be just me, but does Wright Thompson hear of every show on Mississippi and try to work himself in somehow? A bunch of people that migrated to Oxford doesn't really paint the picture of people that were born and raised here and inspired to do their work by Mississippi. There are tons of writers and artists from the Delta, but he grabbed a bunch of transplants. And what's sad is Wright is from damn Clarksdale, mecca of the blues, where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil, and they didn't even go there.
Sorry, but nobody from the Delta thought it caught the spirit of it. Jackson and Oxford are nowhere close to being Delta towns.
Simply additional national pr for Oxford; nothing more, nothing less. Is there no culture located in any other MS town?
Yeah, but some were transplants.
Plenty in the Delta to choose from- that's one of the things it's known for. Writing, art, music.
I actually started watching the show with about 15 minutes left so I didn't see her. What was her name? I actually grew up in Greenville, I may had recognized her.
That was Julia Reed. She wrote for Vogue and if I'm not mistaken, she became editor there. Wrote for the New York Times, writes for Garden and Gun now. She's an excellent representative to get- she comes home frequently, parents still live here, and you can tell when you talk to her and when you read her work where she's from. And to me, that's what the Delta is about- it gets so ingrained in one that you can't be apart from it. She gets that, I get that, and most from here get it. She's proud of where she's from, and she puts that across when she can. Yes, I do know her and her family. Great people, too.
It was a typical MS documentary, but the Delta is just a little different (IMO), so I don't think it gave an accurate depiction of it at all.
The Lusco's piece- the Booker Wright's story has been played out so many times it's not funny. I feel like they just took the Dateline piece that was just played a year ago or whoever it was and just threw it in there. The backstory on that is the family never condoned that, but faced the same criticisms themselves- they were Italian in a time where those people were treated like blacks. Wright's family agrees with this and backs the Lusco family to this day- publicly. Which would have been a good story to cover- the Italians and the Chinese and how they were treated if you wanted to do history, and would have given most people an insight they've never heard. I know the family well, and they didn't know it was going to be covered like that again, or they may not have even done it.
It just seemed lazy on the Delta parts. For what it's worth, I haven't really seen anyone from the Delta on Facebook say much positive on it.
It was a typical MS documentary, but the Delta is just a little different (IMO), so I don't think it gave an accurate depiction of it at all.
The Lusco's piece- the Booker Wright's story has been played out so many times it's not funny. I feel like they just took the Dateline piece that was just played a year ago or whoever it was and just threw it in there. The backstory on that is the family never condoned that, but faced the same criticisms themselves- they were Italian in a time where those people were treated like blacks. Wright's family agrees with this and backs the Lusco family to this day- publicly. Which would have been a good story to cover- the Italians and the Chinese and how they were treated if you wanted to do history, and would have given most people an insight they've never heard. I know the family well, and they didn't know it was going to be covered like that again, or they may not have even done it.
It just seemed lazy on the Delta parts. For what it's worth, I haven't really seen anyone from the Delta on Facebook say much positive on it.
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Funny, you'd think he'd at least have come to ride around the refuge in Starkville..... And wright Thompson is a douche
It was Ok but Jackson and Oxford ain't the Delta. TV shows producers must not own maps.
Did anyone see the episode of Buying on the Bayou that featured two houses in Guntown, MS and one in Saltillo. One house was on located on Sportsman's Lake and filmed during the winter cold spell. The narrator said due to the ice they couldn't travel by boat to look at the house and would have to go by car. The showed some footage of what the lake would look like in warm weather. They showed some video of a coon *** in boat going by large alligators and lots of cotton mouths. The whole episode was comedy gold if you know the area. Bayous in Northeast MS really. Maybe a Bay Springs Bayou or Pic Wick Bayou Episode next season*
Did anyone see the episode of Buying on the Bayou that featured two houses in Guntown, MS and one in Saltillo. One house was on located on Sportsman's Lake and filmed during the winter cold spell. The narrator said due to the ice they couldn't travel by boat to look at the house and would have to go by car. The showed some footage of what the lake would look like in warm weather. They showed some video of a coon *** in boat going by large alligators and lots of cotton mouths. The whole episode was comedy gold if you know the area. Bayous in Northeast MS really. Maybe a Bay Springs Bayou or Pic Wick Bayou Episode next season*
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i suppose that oxford is what, idealistically speaking, many from the outside view the old south and an embodiment of what they see mississippi as. the reality is that oxford is a square block of decent places to hang out and a sec university. outside of that, they have a plethora of chain fast-food eateries, 3 trailer parks, and the traditional crap that you see in the impoverished SMALL towns within the state of mississippi. with the om's focus on the arts and journalism, why are we so surprised by the occasional fluff piece we see? thats kinda what they do and they have masterfully positioned a small town with little to offer into one of the mississippi's "best" destinations. they are legends in marketing for getting so many to buy what they relentlessly sell about the hopelessly average small mississippi town.
I remember they had grandiose plans to revitalize Farish St. and turn it into Beale St. Looks like the Red Apple Inn is now the only business now on Farish St. What happened?
Jackson. It could eventually still happen but the latest developer is now being sued by the city.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/11/...ers-odds-unfolded-agree-success-can-achieved/
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/11/...ers-odds-unfolded-agree-success-can-achieved/
So basically the Mississippi-Based episodes of Alton Brown: Feasting on Asphalt remain the best ever MS travel/food show. I don't say this very often (easy now-my family's from there) but I could have used a little more Delta. And you can't honestly tell me that a new John Currence restaurant was the only note-worthy barbecue they encountered on the whole trip.
There is also a slight possibility that the mayor of Oxford had to explain to someone today that Po' Monkey's juke joint is NOT in Oxford. And somehow that's funny to me.
There is also a slight possibility that the mayor of Oxford had to explain to someone today that Po' Monkey's juke joint is NOT in Oxford. And somehow that's funny to me.
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Bourdain is a pretty cool guy. Get over yourself..
His show is interesting and he didn't slam MS for once..
agree completely. he painted our state as one that was moving past our racial issues and painted it as a good place to visit.
did they show too much desolation to attract most people that aren't from Mississippi? sure. but that's the delta
and they included Jackson and Oxford that had nothing to do with the Delta. oh well. Like it or not, Oxford does bring in out of staters and gives them a positive image and a good time in our state and gets many to try other cities in the state that they otherwise would not.
I do wish they would have shown a better part of Jackson and not made the comment "seeing Jackson makes you wonder why they would make this the capital"