R.I.P. Anthony Bourdain

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

News has come out this morning that he took his own life, CNN has confirmed it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/b...mid=tw-nytimes

[SuperDevilDoctor Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close SuperDevilDoctor]

His food/travelogue show on CNN was excellent.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Agreed. He was an interesting guy. His Hungry Ghosts comic from Dark Horse was really cool too.

[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

I didn't know he was dating Asia Argento at the time of his death. Poor Asia is having a particularly rough year.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

Certain social media users are implying she may have caused it due to a tweet she posted just before. Even if it was aimed at him (which is pure speculation), it's pretty fucking stupid of people to think that would be enough for someone to kill themself. Way to kick her when she's down.

[47lab Guest Find all posts View Profile Close 47lab]

Seemed like a genuinely nice guy who respected the culinary customs he visited and didn't pass judgement. I still remember when he was getting inundated with messages telling him not to go China due to the practice of eating dog meat and he basically told them they're hypocrites and to fuck off. Never understood the double standards laid at Asians for eating dogs and whaling when the Swiss also eat cats and dogs and Norway, Iceland among others hunt whales in greater numbers than the Japanese. But you don't hear all the public outcry and handwringing with a lot of the narrative being driven by racial animus. Well, then again it's no surprise really as Western fragility and hypocrisy is plain to see.

[Dom D Spoon! Find all posts View Profile Close Dom D]

I think it's the footage coming out of China of them torturing the dogs for laughs that causes people to get upset. There's some shocking stuff coming out that unfortunately I've sometimes been unable to avoid seeing. No idea if it's true but I've heard it said a bunch of times that in China its thought the dogs taste better if they are tortured and terrified. A bit of out cry is probably fair enough if that's the case.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

This could potentially be very interesting.

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/ro...ry-1234641763/

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

I knew who he was, but I'm not a big cooking show guy, so I wasn't familiar. Have since watched a bunch of his stuff, and that dude was amazing. Shame he wasn't able to conquer those demons.

[Scott Intellectual Carrot Find all posts View Profile Close Scott]

I knew who he was, but I'm not a big cooking show guy, so I wasn't familiar. Have since watched a bunch of his stuff, and that dude was amazing. Shame he wasn't able to conquer those demons.

Did you ever see the photo of him when he was dating Asia Argento, both of them looking incredibly ripped:

[Scott Intellectual Carrot Find all posts View Profile Close Scott]

Here's a picture of Asia on a tv show in Rome from earlier this year:



Quite a different look for her.

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

Damn, dude was jacked!

[Tom Clark Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tom Clark]

He trained in jiu-jitsu everyday when he wasn't on the road filming.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Quite a different look for her.

No kidding! Weird seeing her dressed like that.

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

Quite a different look for her.

Revisited LAND OF THE DEAD on the project about a week and a half ago... and, yes, she's lovely in that fillum. This pink trouser suit, on the other hand...