Man vs Food Season 1
SCORE: 65
There is now a television show devoted entirely to gluttony. The show? Man vs Food. The premise of Man vs Food Season 1 is pretty simple. Adam Richman goes around the country taking on food challenges for The Travel Channel. Things like eating a seven pound steak, or ultra hot chicken wings. The majority of the food challenges in Man vs Food Season 1 are eating massive amounts of food. The intro the show says it all when it says: “to find the most mouth-watering pig-out joints.” What is done in this show is not healthy. Some might question the sanity of glorifying gluttony.
Many of the images in Man vs Food Season 1 turned our stomachs. Not just the stuff he ate, but the quantity. Why anyone would want to eat that much makes no sense to me. It just shows how depraved our culture has become. To act like gluttony is somehow a sport makes no sense to me at all. I wonder how often he gets sick after the show stops taping. I know doing one of those things would have my body out of balance for days. There were also some scary things in Man vs Food Season 1 like Voodoo.
The majority of the bad language is bleeped out in Man vs Food Season 1. Yes I said the majority, which means a few things get through. Parents need to be aware that even though there is an educational factor to Man vs Food Season 1, there is also a celebration of one of the seven deadly sins.
What is interesting about Man vs Food Season 1 is seeing the challenges he can complete and the ones that defeat him. He does wind up throwing up thanks to at least one challenge. He falls short by a few bites on another one. I am so thankful that a few of the challenges show the price. He is shown hurting after at least one of them.
I do
enjoy learning about different restaurants, and that is one of the
things that helps Man vs Food Season 1. Yes it receives a failing score,
but it could have been much worse. I have lived in a couple of the
cities Adam visited in Man vs Food Season 1 and I have never heard of
the places he went. But then I am not someone who finds gluttony
something worthy of praise. Instead it is a problem that leads to all
kinds of health issues. I know this television show has continued on,
which is a shame to me. People are starving in the world and he is
worshiping at the altar of a sin.
- Paul
Graphics: 74%
Sound: 66%
Replay/Extras: 80%
Gameplay: 70%
Family Friendly Factor: 40%
System: DVD
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Travel Channel
Rating: ‘NR’ for Not Rated
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