‘Roadrunner’ Is a Product of the Bourdain Industrial Complex, Not a Portrait of the Man

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'Roadrunner' is less a portrait of Bourdain and more a product of the Bourdain Industrial Complex

and author of minor crime novels is reborn, after a sudden and unexpected literary success, into a life of global fame and influence. A charmed life, cut short when he hanged himself in a hotel bathroom in Alsace 18 years later.

Since Bourdain’s death, the desire to get to the Real Truth of Bourdain has been as fervent as his memorialization. In the brave new world of social media influencers and reality TV, an awareness of the artificiality of even the most “authentic” branded personality is taken for granted; maybe more than that, people want — and even need — to know how someone so loved and admired could have slipped beyond the reach of friends, of help.

This difficulty rears its head in the very first interview, with John Lurie asking Neville how he thinks he can make this film, given that Bourdain “committed suicide, the fucking asshole.”“That’s why I’m here,” Lurie agrees. But very little follows in the way of investigation, let alone answers to that question, and that lack of rigor sets viewers up for a renewed feeling of loss and confoundment.an “entertaining” movie? Yes.

The media machine celebrating Bourdain’s life three years after his suicide has so far produced, in addition to

 

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I thought it was a good show and don't agree with this review at all. I don't know where the ''consumer product'' comes from

Thanks for this piece.

Killer review, probably one of the best I've read ever, thank you

This is excellent writing and analysis. 👏👏👏👏

Funny that this hack job masquerading as a review is posted on a site whose entire business model rests on the 'food world industrial complex' devoted to the 'celebritization' of chefs, restaurants and critics.

eaterpdx Totally F away. Would be rolling on hyper speed in his grave if he subscribed. Didn’t so I’m spinning 4 him.

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