Post #648211 by TikiHardBop on Tue, Aug 14, 2012 10:25 AM

Well, if the guy knows anything about the industry, I haven't seen any sign of it yet. From what I've seen, he takes people who are completely over their heads and mostly clueless and then dispenses what amounts to "no-shit-Sherlock" kind of advice in a loud, abusive way. He then brings in fancy industry people who teach them to make high end food and cocktails that are way beyond their capability to execute (conveniently using the ingredients of show sponsors). He then re-decorates the restaurant in a theme that is cold and corporate and sure to turn off any of what little existing clientele that they may have had. He then packs the restaurant with people corralled especially for the opening night event, claims success and rides off into the sunset.

And I know that this is reality TV, so that there is tons of manipulation and behind-the-scenes stuff that we don't see and the stuff that we do see has been edited to follow a certain "script". And that redecoration takes months of planning and rarely occurs "overnight" like we are led to believe. I just find it interesting that being executive producer and having control over what is being shown, he still allows himself to be shown as such a loudmouthed jerk.

Personally, it's one of my few guilty pleasures. It's like watching a car wreck where hapless, clueless deer-owners are being run over by a brain-dead, loud-mouthed truck driver.