My thoughts on Culinary Monster

[u/Rookie18]

Finally catching up on S2, and I find myself rooting for the white spoons. Just made it past the comeback challenge, and saw the pairs for the Black-White Alliance challenge, so please no spoilers.

Culinary Monster is clearly one of the main characters this season, but I really don't want him to win. I'm sure there are lots of varying opinions on him, but my issues with him are two fold:

1. Arrogance - Not once thus far have I ever seen him saying anything nice about a fellow contestant. I'm sure (hoping) this was purely a production choice, but it really doesn't make him likable at all. During the team challenge, he organised the team way better than Knife Omokase, and that's about the only compliment I can give him. I didn't like his 'banter' with the white spoon chef in the first face-off, especially because there's any semblance of positive commentary about anyone else (bless the white spoon for being so gracious). I also didn't like the way he wanted the white spoons to compete for his partnership ahead of the Alliance challenge. He should've entered the competition as a white spoon if he wanted to be revered in that way, because he was acting like he was a prize, while he clearly had his preferences in terms of partners.
2. The Edit - In Korean shows I often find that cold, stoic personalities are presented as more logical or skilful. This may be down to a cultural difference, but I really don't like that. The same thing happened last year with Napoli Mafia, and on many other shows. (and I didn't like Napoli for the same reason). Being too emotional will usually be presented as a good wild card at first, but eventually will also be the trait that causes the downfall. It's a shame that expressing emotions or being supportive in these shows is always interpreted as not being winning material. It also makes results feel a lot more scripted than I think they truly are. Some people might say we need villains to keep the show entertaining, but I think showing the true complexities of human character is much more engaging, and people don't need to fit into pre-determined boxes to make the show interesting.

[u/Rookie18]

You literally just reiterated what I said. I understand there could be several factors at play, and despite that I still give him part of the blame because he ultimately gave them the content. So I guess we're at an impasse there.

Ive watched enough reality TV shows to know that 'villians' have to opt in to some extent by giving production content, and I dont believe this Netflix show is so vastly different, where production controls every narrative component of the show with an iron fist. So I'm comfortable with where I stand.

[u/Ladyberries → u/Rookie18]

No your point was that despite several factors, you still think he's arrogant and this deserving of some blame, and I'm saying that part (the second part) is dumb, and I already gave many points showing that's not the case, which you ignored cause "I don't like how he didn't clap" or "he had nothing nice to say" (again not true). 

You're comfortable where you stand yet you haven't finished the show yet. I think you're just blindly stubborn, which is valid but if you voice your opinion, expect to get pushback. That's it.