This is the media narrative flip-side of "American Exceptionalism".
America is exceptionally bad.
And notice the cant:
an innovative show is putting aside ratings-grabbing petty squabbling and trying to do good: helping small farmers back from the brink of poverty.
Now in its fourth season, the show, "Shamba Shape Up,” has become hugely popular in East Africa. Think “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” – but with chicken coops and composting.
It's like they never heard of "This Old House" or, for that matter, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition".
Madison Man: "Kitchen Nightmares" is the Gordon Ramsay show you are thinking of. A real eye-opener, its a great way to begin to understand why so many small businesses fail (Hint: the owners don't have a grip on reality and fear math and calculators).
Many Americans are spoiled. Their self-esteem exceeds their achievement. They are Pajama Boys or Girls who are incapable of accepting responsibility for themselves or their actions. Life is good.
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It's funny how in the US, so many of the people you see on television work for the government.
This is the media narrative flip-side of "American Exceptionalism".
America is exceptionally bad.
And notice the cant:
an innovative show is putting aside ratings-grabbing petty squabbling and trying to do good: helping small farmers back from the brink of poverty.
Now in its fourth season, the show, "Shamba Shape Up,” has become hugely popular in East Africa. Think “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” – but with chicken coops and composting.
It's like they never heard of "This Old House" or, for that matter, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition".
I like watching Gordon Ramsey in both Hotel Hell and the one where he goes into a restaurant and whips them into shape.
Sad that I can't recall its name!
I learn something from each of those shows, namely (1) Never open a Bed and Breakfast and (2) Don't run a restaurant with your family.
It's like they never heard of "This Old House" or, for that matter, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition".
Or Duck Dynasty.
Madison Man: "Kitchen Nightmares" is the Gordon Ramsay show you are thinking of. A real eye-opener, its a great way to begin to understand why so many small businesses fail (Hint: the owners don't have a grip on reality and fear math and calculators).
Many Americans are spoiled. Their self-esteem exceeds their achievement. They are Pajama Boys or Girls who are incapable of accepting responsibility for themselves or their actions. Life is good.
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