hell's kitchen

so for all of you who were disappointed by top chef - poor structure to the show (tom colicchio, mentor and judge? seems like a conflict of interest to me...), lame host (katie lee joel has the most uninterested monotone voice i've ever heard), lame contestants...where was the drama? apparently it all got sucked away by the contestants on "hell's kitchen." i was home on a monday night and was watching random tv, and saw that it was gordon ramsay's show. well, gordon ramsay is purportedly very abusive in the kitchen - blunt to the point of brutality. the premise of the show is basic: get through the challenges and you win your own restaurant in the vegas. and let me tell you, this is what we really want from reality tv: entertaining host, entertaining contestants. this is the show where all of the bitchiness comes out, and it's really fun to watch, since it's not happening to you. you want to slap people for the constant weeping, complaining, and crying, but you can't help but keep watching so you see when they manipulate each other and stab each other in the back. all the while, gordon ramsay is like a fountain of expletives - in my opinion, he does yell quite a lot, but it's really just like a very blunt review: to the point and intended to kick your butt into gear so you can be better. conclusion: you should watch hell's kitchen. it's on fox, mondays at..8? 9? something like that.