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‘The Bear’ Returns and More: The Week in Reporter Reads ‘The Bear’ Returns and More: The Week in Reporter Reads
(about 13 hours later)
This weekend, listen to a collection of articles from around The New York Times, read aloud by the reporters who wrote them.This weekend, listen to a collection of articles from around The New York Times, read aloud by the reporters who wrote them.
Written and narrated by James PoniewozikWritten and narrated by James Poniewozik
Last year, the New York Times critic James Poniewozik described Season 1 of “The Bear” as “a war story that happens to take place in a kitchen.” Every cooking scene in its Chicago restaurant was a chaotic D-Day of screams, confusion, clanging metal and gouts of flame.
In Season 2, some things remain the same: the kitchen language (“Corner!” “Hands!” “Yes, Chef!”), the toothsome shots of food, the dad-rock soundtrack. (R.E.M.’s “Strange Currencies” is deployed aggressively.) But “The Bear” is no longer a war story that takes place in a kitchen. It is now a sports story that takes place in a kitchen.