Schadenfreude In Reality TV 

At 10:17 he edited out the cat she was screaming at.

"Kitchen Bastard" is the reality show that I never realised I always wanted.

Ahh 'fresh frozen'.. someone knows his material.

Interesting thing about Ramsey is the difference between his UK edited show and US edited show. In US ones he looks like a lunatic. In the UK ones he really seems to try to help out mostly.

Schadenfreude is the reason Impractical Jokers is so successful, you can feel how awkward it would be to be in their shoes, and seeing them do it makes me feel joy.

The Housewives scene hurts even more, when you know that the woman was in a heavily abusive marriage at that time and was reacting so harshly because she was literally scared for her life when one of the other housewives made the severe beatings she was enduring public. She was scared her husband would kill her or harm her daughter. She was constantly hiding bruises with sunglasses and make-up and at one point had to undergo reconstructive surgery on her face.

I think a lot of "reality" tv (including stuff like "Jerry Springer", if that's still a thing) is the idea that "yeah my life sucks, but I finally found someone with a more pathetic life than me." With the bonus that, while our humiliation is mostly private, theirs is being broadcast to the masses. Or the healthier take may be "hmmm, maybe my life isn't so bad after all." ;)

Well George, you figured us Americans out. Ever since Jake Long left us we’ve been severely lacking in dragons.

As a german, i thought "Why is Georges title in german?" .. then i remembered that this word is used in English as well x) Edit: We have a saying: "Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude" wich means, that Schadenfreude is the best kind of joy. Wich is somewhat true

Amy’s baking company has got to be the best episode of kitchen nightmares ever!

3:54 "But movie war crimes and how to enjoy them is next week" I'll be so disappointed if that's not a real video you have coming next week!

"Kitchen Bastard" really tickled my fancy. Thank you, Georg.

Charlie Brooker did an excellent segment on reality TV a decade ago, where he creates a fictional reality TV show then demonstrates how easy it is to create a narrative just from editing what actually happened

In Finland we have the word "sosiaaliporno" which translates fairly literally to social porn (who could've guessed?!). It's basically about sticking cameras to places that they have no business being in and people watching other peoples degradation for entertainment. I think it applies to most reality TV shows and the porn part of it is quite fitting. Though I find actual porn to be more honest, more real and overall healthier than reality TV in general. Also actual porn doesn't leave the same feeling of dirt and grime once it's over.

Im really gonna need more content coming from you George. Even if you just review a few VHS tapes or do a top ten worst candybars still being sold. Thank you

I am puzzled why they blurred Gordon Ramsey's crotch in that one scene. If his fly was open, surely his personal assistant would have told him before the cameras started rolling.

I like that George is just sitting in his dimly lit second bedroom berating a Steve that never was. Keep having Steve on, he's great!

Had a bastard of a boss years ago. One day someone came in and said he fell down a manhole. The office erupted into open laughter. Then the person said ‘no, no. He’s really hurt. He’s in intensive care’. Because he’d been such a bastard, a lot were still giggling. I still think about that every so often.

One interesting thing to note: the UK and US versions of Kitchen Nightmares are almost polar opposites. The UK version of Gordon Ramsay is thoughtful and reserved, and the storylines have much less "manufactured" drama. The US version portrays the restaurant owners/managers as garbage people most of the time, and the UK version portrays them as regular people with regular flaws.

I really think these videos are a brilliant spiritual successor to Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and Newswipe. Great work.

I loved this and have missed you Georg. I'm happy to hear there are no problems with your film and hope the rest goes well! Just wanted to say that I loved the inclusion of closed captions and the mini jokes that were hidden in there. Also a big help in determining what you meant by "eggs" in your example. I got quite a laugh when I found out you were saying "X."

Hello Georg, this is the one and only Steve. I apologize for my poor performance today. The teacup was a hazard I handled poorly and my camera cuts could be use some improvements... I blame the rough week I had but I'm not here to make excuses, I simply seek your forgiveness. I'll improve my performance next session and I won't let you down a second time, you have my word. Yours truly, Steve.

the fact you're still making videos while doing the movie is awesome, good luck with it all and thank you for the update

I've stumbled onto two of your videos now, and thoroughly interesting. You've got yourself another subscriber sir.

Welcome back king

Me: Steve, look at the Lava Lamp.

I feel like I keep saying this in your comments, but - dude I absolutely love your insight and delivery. I've learned and understood more about film, language and society watching your videos than I ever did in formal education. Never stop!! :)

I always learn something on this channel. Great work.

That was intriguing....I never heard it broke down quite like that before....thank you.

This is one of the few videos left which has an ordinary comments section. RU-vid seems to be trying to hide them just now or most platforms.

Is it weird that hearing his voice calms me down and makes me happy? So glad to have more content from you Geo- I was getting tired of watching the Neil Breen episode for the 50th time (no that’s not true)

There is also a lot of "fremdschämen" going on. Means something like second hand embarrassment.

The early seasons of Kitchen Nightmares from the UK are great. Ramsey is not as much of a maniac and it is just about helping struggling restaurants. It's really good. They also don't over-do the music.

I feel it's important to let you know that I laughed very hard at "Dragon's Loft or Kitchen Bastard".

Lions, gladiators, freak shows and now 'reality' shows. What was it you said, "A very useful tool for understanding society's values." Too right!

I don't know where you came from or how you showed up in my RU-vid suggestions, but I love you.

Thank you Georg. I love your content.

I've been watching way too many clips of Dragon's den lately and used to watch a lot of Kitchen Nightmares back in 2016-17, so I'm not surprised this got recommended to me.

Absolutely a great watch. Georg deserves every subscriber he gets. Funny, sinical, informative, highly intuitive and insightful. Absolutely conducive to reality. I would love to see him with his own TV show, but this platform is ever growing.

Red Dawn is not a great example of this. There is only one montage in the middle of the film where the resistance of the Wolverines against the occupation forces is shot as a rousing, crowd-pleasing battle sequence. The first time they take up arms, it is against sightseeing Russian soldiers that the script by John Milius takes time to humanize. And the last shot fired in that sequence is an act of ruthlessness, upon a wounded young man who looks absolutely terrified. Nearly every time they take up arms, after that one montage, it ends with the diminishing group being hunted like animals, turning on one another, or being caught up in a battle that shrinks their personal vendettas to insignificance against the backdrop of the larger war being waged. And the last stand of the two main protagonists isn’t about revenge, or glory, it is about ensuring that someone, anyone, survives to tell their story. And again, the two military leaders they are up against in this sequence have been humanized in the script. We’ve seen the Nicaraguan officer show grief over the loss of his soldiers, and heard him compose, in his own words, a heartsick letter to his wife back home, wishing for an end to this war and his role in it. He also stays his hand, in a way we did not see from the two brothers up to that point. And we’ve seen the Soviet officer, brought in to (rather successfully) contain the activities of the partisans, issue a command to end the reprisals against civilians, which he can see are inspiring further resistance activities. It’s a smarter film than the critics who dismissed it as jingoistic propaganda have ever given it credit for. And one with a fairly nuanced depiction of both the resistance fighters and the occupying forces. Likely informed by not only the struggle then unfolding in Afghanistan (which Milius has referenced in interviews), but also by the partisan groups who fought in Eastern Europe from 1941 to 1945. Even the memorial shown at the end has been named Partisan Rock, which seems to acknowledge this influence.

Georg, thank you. This has reminded me why I don't watch Reality TV.

Your channel is criminally underviewed.

Great to see you again. Glad the film is going well 👍

YAY Film update! Looking forward 😆

Rivalry-based schadenfreude in professional wrestling? We come to personally hate the heels (even if they take actions to build up that hatred.)

Why do I have this awful feeling that, in today's world, Schadenfreude can win people seats of immense power? More specifically, people who've never heard the word Schadenfreude

I'm not gonna lie, I was expecting to see a cat sitting at the nd of the table @10:17

I think your video and Contrapoints latest video on Cringe are top notch explorations of this feeling. Nice work

My late night insomnia guilty pleasure is to go through those trashy clips of those "who's the father/lie detector tests results" shows. It helps my self-confidence when I'm down to know I haven't hit rock bottom. Twisted type of therapy XD

Thanks George, lover your channel, it's one of my favorites.

I can't express how glad I am to see the lava lamp return. It's honestly the only reason I subscribed in the first place. Your thoughtful and uniquely humorous essays were a close second, I guess.

That Steve!!..man I'm gonna laugh so hard when something bad happens to him!

I almost spat out my drink upon hearing the reference of "Kitchen Bastard". Liked and subscribed.

Great video.. good to see you back. I’ve been making TV like this for 20years. I was hoping for a mention of ‘The Apprentice’ in this piece... only because I spent 5 years as senior editor on it in the UK. .and I’d love to hear you talk about it. Nice work as ever, Nick

"And now we come to Reality TV. At last. Thank God. Still there?" Me scrolling through other videos below this: Yeah

On the upside of there not being much content lately. I get really excited when i do see a new video. Love your work bud.

$25000 for a pair of sun glasses and still doesn't see her insecurity issues Mug level- extra stronk

Georg, I must say, I tend to lurk on RU-vid and not interact much. But I feel the need to tell you that I really enjoy your content. You're so well spoken, and I always find your videos interesting and entertaining. Carry on, good sir.

Looking forward to some classic Dameen and Gog rambling bullshit. It really butters my synapses.

Great topic for an episode. Good to hear the film is still coming along as well!

Another great video that makes me think :) Really looking forward to the film. Take as much time as you need

Quality golden stuff as always, Georgie! This is the best exported product from Britain since the hilarious Monty Python sketch about how the parrot which everyone thought was dead is really dead. Speaking of humor, ever hear of Nicolas Comics?

I think that part of it is feeling better about oneself...it is very easy to look at these people and think, "My life may be a mess and I sure have issues but at least I'm not half as awful as these idiots!"

As always, great video Georg!! I appreciate being able to look to your content for fresh ideas presented in a thoughtful and humorous way.

every little scrap of content is appreciated mate, cheers :)

Its so good to have you back GRS

The belief that you have to like a protagonist and dislike an antagonist is pure philistinism. It's anti-artistic, simple-minded nonsense.

I saw a Master Class ad for Gordon Ramsay right before this video. Right after looking at the thumbnail and clicking on the video. Mind blown.

Thanks for including the memes, we appreciate it. Have a nice day :)

Agh! The two blobs in the Lava Lamp were just about to merge... and you cut away! YOU MONSTER!

1:31 that's where you're already making a mistake though. Shadenfreude from what I have seen from German TV and know from my own culture's equivalent is only about misfortune, not actual crimes. That's dark/black humor. It's why rape jokes are also not schadenfreude, because it deals with an actual crime rather then someone stupidly tripping over a banana. At best, Shadenfreude is the border between slapstick and dark humor, but joking about such actual crimes is dark humor territory.

Fresh frozen, deep cut.

Ive missed your videos! Glad to see a new one!

Good to see you're alive! Quality content as usual.

subbed to you a long time ago, got busy with college for almost two years and finally I'm back. Sad to see you didn't blow up in subscribers, you deserve it :( Glad to see the lava lamp is still here :)

Yes yes yes that's all very interesting but WHAT ABOUT THE HIP TANG?!?!?!

Missed you too. Thanks for the update.

Good video, gave me something to think about. I wonder, though, whether you overlooked the important part that self-righteousness and self-satisfaction play in the observed humiliation of people we've never met. These confrontational reality shows make me uncomfortable, and I'm skeptical of the rosey endings usually depicted.

10:17 i was waiting for a cat to pop up for some reason

Nothing like immersing yourself in the misery of others to forget your own.

No pressure, Your content is worth waiting for.

Well George your lack of content lately has certainly peaked the curiosity of long time subscribers like myself. We took you for granted for a time and now we await each and every upload with baited breath. Not a bad strategy, not that it is a strategy.

I'm glad you're back, Georg.

Having a guy hold two pieces of bread up to someone’s ears and making them call themself an “idiot sandwich” ....well ....es ist fantastiche Schadenfreude

you are great, man, Love your channel. Keep doing great stuff

Great Video GRS, Huge respect from downunder.

I really hope the best for your film. No Schadenfreude waiting for you here Georg. You have talent and it shows. Best wishes

Paradoxically I can also see wartime audiences been more empathetic than contemporary auriance is because they have firsthand wartime experiences.

This was a treat. Glad it's all going swimmingly!

I got a Gordon Ramsey Masterclass ad before this video

Kitchen Bastard ... perhaps my new favorite name for a show.

Keep up the good work, Georg!

I have just found out where "that" cat meme came from. I amz now down with the yoof.

what a great video to have stumbled upon! Liked AND subscribed

Great episode, happy you're back

Great video to watch after a long day at the benzene plant.

10:17 Now I know where the Smudge The Cat meme came from.

But I'm already subscribed. I can't subscribe any harder!

Thanks George!

Good to hear the filming went well, hope it turns out good