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Jul. 6th, 2019 12:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kutsuwamushiOne of my least favorite TV genres is watching British people go overseas and overreact to everything.
That is to say, I watched Dangerous Roads on Netflix. It's basically the title: A show about dangerous roads. British TV personalities pair up and drive a dangerous road (or route), and experience some discomfort.
It's a mixed bag because the TV personalities themselves are a mixed bag. But you can't really escape the kind of ... gawking ... feeling, the whole "hi i'm white and this is an adventure for me, even though it's every day for you."
The best parts are when they talk to actual locals about their opinions of the roads.I'd like to see one of these shows where one of the major personalities is a local - or at least someone from the same country. It would be so much more informative and interesting. You can't tell me there are no Ethiopians, Peruvians, Laotians etc etc who could do the job.
That is to say, I watched Dangerous Roads on Netflix. It's basically the title: A show about dangerous roads. British TV personalities pair up and drive a dangerous road (or route), and experience some discomfort.
It's a mixed bag because the TV personalities themselves are a mixed bag. But you can't really escape the kind of ... gawking ... feeling, the whole "hi i'm white and this is an adventure for me, even though it's every day for you."
The best parts are when they talk to actual locals about their opinions of the roads.I'd like to see one of these shows where one of the major personalities is a local - or at least someone from the same country. It would be so much more informative and interesting. You can't tell me there are no Ethiopians, Peruvians, Laotians etc etc who could do the job.
