Did the TVfags really manage to get the jump on this theme with The Bear? All I see published is overly romanticized, cozy SLOP for womenI'm certain that a good amount of talented authors did personally go through this industry hell in their formative years, yet NOT ONE writes about it convincingly.Even beyond the slop of today, Murakami is guilty as well: at least looking at the jazz bar or whatever the fuck from A Wild Sheep Chase, I remember finding it completely unbelievable.Are you aware of any fiction that contains within it, a believeable café/bar/restaurant, operating as it would in the real world?
>https://katiecrossbooks.com/products/coffee-shop-girl>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_%26_LattesWhoever finds this comforting should be euthanized
>>25230059true for all genre fiction slop "readers"
>>25230048>Are you aware of any fiction that contains within it, a believeable café/bar/restaurant, operating as it would in the real world?Just get a pdf of the book and search for the words 'meth', 'stoned dishwasher', 'screamed abuse', 'amphetamines', 'still drunk', 'sixth smoke break', 'herpes' and 'sixteen hour shift'. If you get two hits you're probably fine.
>>25230048I liked Kitchen Confidential (Bourdain, from the, well, kitchen perspective) and The Man Who Ate The World (Rayner, from the client/food critic perspective). But both are non-fiction.Anyway I do think that yes>Did the TVfags really manage to get the jump on this theme because food service and cooking is a uniquely uninteresting topic to write about. It's a very physical and dynamic thing. Obviously yes, you can put it into words, but it's far more evocative and leaves the audience with a better understanding when they see and hear it. It's well adapted to visual storytelling.But> The BearNo. Boiling Point (both the film and the miniseries) are much better.
>>25230048It’s not fiction but Down and Out in Paris has some sleaze about the restaurant business in Orwell’s day. I don’t know that waiting and back of house is where authors to be spend time. It’s typical for actors and other film folk.
