Jessie and I watched the first episode of IFC’s Food Party last night, and holy wow did we love it. Imagine Pee-Wee Herman making a baby with Cibo Matto and then sending it to live with John Waters every summer. Your reaction to that description should be all you need to know. Plus, they are short enough to not drag. Ride out the first minute of episode one and you won’t be sorry. Go to!
Oh wow look, IFC has embeddable clips. I am your new best friend:
Tried a few episodes, and didn’t really like. Reminds me of Charlyne Yi, has that same awkward / artificial thing.
Some of the Food Party props are great, though.
We are making VERY good use of our DVR with Food Party.
Sorry to be hatin’ on your post, but…
Food Party made me realize there’s a cute-Asian-girl-who-acts-dumb-and-awkward thing that, very oddly, grates on me while others like it. Charlyne Yi epitomizes this. Is there any explaining it? Have Asian-American women been boxed into: 1. demanding dragon queens, 2. silent and hot models, or 3. socially awkward bad actors? All stereotypes give people a limited set of bad options, but this seems really unfortunate.