| Netflix | Season Premiere Date: February 19, 2016 |
Summary:
The documentary series from Alex Gibney and Michael Pollan focuses on the four elements--Air, Earth, fire, and water--and how they are used to make food around the world.
Genre(s):
Documentary, Food & Cooking
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Feb 17, 2016
Mr. Pollan’s messages are important to hear and are engagingly presented in this series. Still, there’s a disconnect that’s never addressed.... The world’s poorest people--some seen in idyllic imagery here--have to devote long hours to basic subsistence, and the world’s relatively well off have the luxury to indulge in artisanal cooking. Yet applying his ideas across the whole range of human circumstances is a trickier subject than this pretty series wants to tackle.
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Feb 19, 2016
More than being a definitive explanation of the issues it discusses, Cooked serves more as a launching pad for discussion, offering viewers discussion topics, if not enough information to exactly have that discussion. Most of the time, Cooked does just what it says Americans shouldn’t: It heaps too much on its plate.
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Feb 28, 2016
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Mar 8, 2016
The beautiful photography and intriguing locations are completely ruined by the obnoxious and condescending narration. The show is tries to maintain a politically correct veneer but at its core the message is paternalistic, misogynist, and at times overtly racist.
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May 8, 2018
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Air Date: February 19, 2016
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