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pretty good doubleheader tonight on ifc starting at 9 (i think), l'auberge espagnole and its sequel, russian dolls. a little contrived and self indulgent at times but generally engaging even if the characters are not.
and antonioni l'avventura is on sundance as well.
whats new, pussycat? just started on tcm. the riches season premiere on fx as well. reruns twice tonight.
espn had a pretty compelling documentary on last night about the history of african americans in basketball and its interplay with our history of civil rights. part 2 airs tonight. seemed alot more interesting than the john adams miniseries which kicked off last night on hbo.
metropolis on tcm at 1215am tonight.
sustenance or tv jamboree?
Saw the season opener to Top Chef. They sort of had a "compulsories" section. Two contestants had a soufflé-off, two had a chicken picata showdown, two had lasagna mano a mano, etc., etc.
So the soufflé folks didn't really know how to make them. One said he hadn't done one in twenty years. He at least understood the magnitude of his failure. When his vaguely mexican inspired creation failed, he said "My nachos just didn't cut it".
Over in the crab-cake fisticuffs, one of the guys didn't know the recipe for mayo. WTF? How can you go into a Top Chef contest lacking such a fundamental building block of making sauces? It's like not knowing how to deglaze a pan.
I guess I haven't seen the early elimination rounds in previous years. I think they need to cut the field in half pretty quickly.
The best college game in the history of the world?
that doc about kenny shopsin is on ifc tonight at 930.
Watching the 2007 Top Chef finale. This phrase gets me every time ... "rack of lamb poached in duck fat".
"saving grace" is in the middle of a three-night condensed recap on TNT HD prior to starting the second season. the four episodes last night were pretty good. holly hunter's character has more depth than a typical tv character.