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Why The Bear Feels so Different Now (2024x4)

Air date: Jul 30, 2024

The Bear was the rare TV scripted series that focused on and respected an underrepresented and underappreciated group of people — ordinary kitchen workers. This was a decidedly working class story that I think resonated with a lot of people because it embodied the anxiety and burnout that hit a breaking point during the pandemic. Now, that neighborhood sandwich shop is a fine dining restaurant chasing a Michelin star. It's a change portrayed as rags to riches, but it's something uglier. Carmy hasn't saved The Beef, he gentrified it.