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- NETFLIX
- Feb 23, 2018
- NETFLIX
- Feb 23, 2018
Summary The documentary series follows chef David Chang and food writer Peter Meehan as they talk about food and culture while visiting restaurants from around the world.
- NETFLIX
- Feb 23, 2018
- NETFLIX
- Feb 23, 2018
Summary The documentary series follows chef David Chang and food writer Peter Meehan as they talk about food and culture while visiting restaurants from around the world.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
77
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Ugly Delicious is informative, entertaining, and enriching, and I can’t recommend it more highly.
Neville’s multidisciplinary approach to storytelling matches Chang’s break-all-the-rules mentality. Each episode careens through a number of different styles, including talking heads, cinéma vérité, drunken conversations shot on a phone, illustrations, animation, sitcom spoofs, and even a mock political debate, in which the opposing parties argue over which culture’s dumplings reign supreme. The flexible approach makes for a kinetic, humorous, and entertaining viewing experience.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 User Ratings
6.0
58% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
5% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
37% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 User Ratings
6.0
58% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
5% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
37% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
I wasn't able to watch a single episode without needing to drive as far as necessary to find a meal similar to what was covered. This is less a cooking show and more of a series of history and sociology lessons surrounding amazing, and often overlooked, food choices. The taco episode may be my favorite episode of food related television I have ever seen. Amazing. Watch it.
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SEASON 1
Ugly Delicious is a great show that really thinks about food as the endlessly moving target that it is. It's constantly surprising, occasionally exhausting, and genuinely interesting. What becomes very clear when watching it, is that David Chang and Peter Meehan really have something to say and that Morgan Neville was the right person to help them show it. Hard to pick a favorite episode, though the show about tacos was pretty epic. Loved it.
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SEASON 1
A wholly captivating tour exhaustive in its detail, which may or may not leave us with a deeper understanding of who we are, or of other cultures, though it’s likely to induce intense cravings to eat.
It’s well worth the occasional eye-roll or moment of frustration to spend these eight episodes exploring the landscape of “ugly” American foods with David Chang and Peter Meehan. It’s often fun, and sometimes something much more.
The visual curlicues and the attempts to impose a larger thematic structure and narrative--there’s an awful lot of tired talk about how food tells stories--don’t hide the reality that there isn’t a whole lot new or surprising about Ugly Delicious. (The exception: the openness with which it discusses racism as a fundamental force in culinary culture.
I love this show both for the food and its willingness to explore the culture and politics around it. And also explore how we influence each other with the things we cook, so that in a way, food becomes a part of a shared understanding, and the way we reach out to one another.
I hope there are more seasons! And loving the cameos - as a fan of both David Simon and Gillian Anderson, it was so cool to see them in the fried chicken episode.
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SEASON 1
This show started so good. The first episode was fantastic, but about 2/3 of the way through the second episode it got political and ruined it for me. Why couldn't they just make a documentary about food without bringing politics into it? They said here's a documentary about food and white guilt. Netflix is really starting to piss me.
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SEASON 1
I was really excited when I heard about the series but was quickly disappointed when I started watching it. It reminds me of watching those old off channel cooking shows. I'll stick to TV Food and Cooking Network.
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SEASON 1