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RIP Anthony Bourdain
By: AJ Date: June 8, 2018, 10:56 pm
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...I was floored when I turned on the news this morning at 6 to
hear of Anthony Bourdain's passing....Even more floored and
really saddened that it was apparently by his own hand.
He was a really unique voice in the TV wasteland. I'd seen him
when he was on the Travel Channel and dug his approach. I guess
I knew he had a cooking show on the Food Channel, but never
caught that, so i was really not tuned into him from the
culinary aspect, even though cooking and food were the conduit
he used for his glimpses into the lives of people he found
interesting and real just for who they were, where, and how they
lived.
I was totally onboard when he moved to CNN and watched
religiously as he traveled and opened windows into other
cultures. He was never overtly political, but didn't whitewash
or sugarcoat any of the struggles people in other countries had
in keeping their lifestyles and traditions alive.
He was real to me. The kind of guy I just wanted to meet. He
seemed to take pleasure in the humblest of surroundings, in
strange and humble foods, with folks that lived in moments of
each day with what they had available.
There were several episodes last season where he was smoking
weed right on camera, no apologies offered at all. I thought for
a guy in his sixties, working for a big network...That was
pretty ballsy and damned cool too.
I cannot imagine the pain he was feeling...Pain so great he felt
he could not live anymore.
I just hope the following weeks don't show he had some great
embarrassment coming, one so great he felt he could not stand
the heat from it. Or that it is discovered he got knowledge of
some horrid disease upon him and didn't want to face a slow
painful decline.
I just am really sad in his passing. Sincerely....On a John
Lennon, Robert Kennedy level.
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Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain
By: indigo_dave Date: June 9, 2018, 7:41 am
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Bourdain was on my radar too. I was more familiar with him for
15-20 years ago, probably on the Travel Channel. I think I
recall him traveling on one show up to some remote mountain
village in Viet Nam, squatting on the floor with his hosts, and
sharing food with them. No question about it, he was real.
After hearing he'd hanged himself (I'd figured he died of heart
failure or such) , I theorized that he'd found out he had
something like the big C (cancer) and wanted to exit strong. I
remember his heavy cigarette smoking in the old episodes. Add
to that the heroin addiction from his youth, and who knows what
else.
Whatever the case, the guy led a fascinating life.
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Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain
By: AJ Date: June 10, 2018, 7:46 pm
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They had a "No Reservations" marathon on the Travel Channel
today. Taking breaks from hanging several new light fixtures in
the garage, I caught several episodes I had not seen. Got all
the new wiring in and the new fixtures hung, but took several
water breaks. Despite having a big blower going in the garage
it's still hot as hell out there.
Still really bummed about Tony...... :'( :'(
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