After the second season premiere of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, Entertainment Weekly journalist, the queerly sarcastic and often hilarious Ken Tucker, posted an article basically slamming Jamie for trying to swap out greasy fries for cole slaw salads in fast food restaurants--heaven forbid, how would we ever survive?! (sarcasm) I scrolled down to the comments to see a flury of anger and rage upon Ken's attitude towards keeping diabetes-inducing food in and Jamie's efforts for a healthier America out (one comment was literally just "Fuck you, Ken"). Quite frankly, I was relieved as hell to see the rally against what Ken had said (Ken, don't you want to watch that figure of yours?!)
However cringe-worthy and painful the show is to watch, I love its intentions and the fact that it's on TV for millions to witness. This needs to be witnessed as much as possible. I just finished the second episode of the season of which I was appalled that a fast food owner tried to debunk Jamie's idea of a healthier second menu by saying "You're not from America. You're from England. America is gas stations and fast food..." REALLY?? Is that all we are you sad, sad man? How dare he make such a comment about the man's home country when I'll pick England over America any day. As if fast food is what sets the standard in America and makes it better than England. That is some bullshit.
The other massive controversy is that Jamie has this season based around the Los Angeles school district, of which the grumpy-ass, geezer Board will not, without a doubt, allow him to step foot in a single school let alone a cafeteria kitchen, which is basically what all of last season was when it took place in Virginia. However, one school called West Adam in a shady district that's somewhat of an independent school allows Jamie on campus to teach a culinary class. They won't allow Jamie in the cafeteria! Then, over a weekend filled with lawyers, they won't even allow Jamie to ask kids what they eat for lunch! Is it just me or is the Board trying to cover up some weird shit about the "food" that's serve almost 700,000 times a day in various schools? Is their packaged crap really so bad that it would ruin their reputations if it got out? Then why are they even allowing it to be consumed? This isn't the KFC recipe Jamie's after, these are SCHOOLS. Honestly, I don't think the Board gives a fuck about the students. That's the message they've sent out anyway.
I say haters stand the hell back and let Jamie get in the nooks and crannies and try to fix (yes, FIX) the way people think about food in America. I'm vegan so my mind is pretty much set on healthy food 24/7, but it's still shocking to me how numbly people shovel in awful food and then freak out when they gain 50 pounds or wonder why they have diabetes. This isn't rocket science; this should be plain and simple. There's some pretty screwed up information about nutrition in America, so when someone like Jamie comes along trying to make a difference, let the man do his job because this really is his job and he knows what he's doing and how to do it well. Case closed. End of story.
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