Hell’s Kitchen
It is aptly named. Start with a bunch of losers, sprinkle in some actual chefs, and scream, yell, and set men against women, and what do you have? Maybe one or two of the women on this show could run a professional kitchen, but most of the men are sexist losers (don’t care about the sexism per se but it seems to keep them from actually cooperating). Some of the women seem to be able to rise above it and actually try to cook to Ramsey’s standards. But his goal, like some drill sergeant from the CIA, is to break them down. Rebuilding seems optional–this season more than the others. It’s like the waterboarding channel–you’re watching something that is essentially hideous.
Yet I watch it week after week. What does that say about me?