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I am not one to recommend Netflix content, but The Hyper Hardboiled Gourmet Report did something to me that few shows do. I was humbled, frightened, shocked, and seduced by the tragic life stories they profiled, all from the point of view of food.
Food is one of my favorite entry points for aesthetics precisely because it is the lowest common denominator for all species. Here it is framing politics, not in that awful, didactic way I’ve come to really hate, but in a matter of fact way, like a dynamic Dutch still life.
May Marx role in his grave, but somehow I feel that food transcends politics.
The show is Japanese and I don’t know a lot about the director, Kazutoyo Koyabu. But I relish in the fresh experiences and unique points of view that non-American media can provide.
The Hyper Hardboiled Gourmet Report is most definitely worth watching.
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