🌻 tryhard - by Jasmine Sun - @jasmine’s substack

one must imagine sisyphus happy

I like watching game shows because I like watching people try. Deep in the Top Chef archives, a New York Italian who has spent six episodes inflating his abilities finally loses, turns lobster-red, and wells up with gasping, blubbering tears. A fellow competitor—a Vietnamese woman half his size—kisses him gently on the forehead as he departs. I know reality TV is trashy, but I can’t help but stare. I like watching people act like assholes to fight for a title only one can end up with. I like watching chefs’ gruff exteriors fade into glee and camaraderie and pleading eyes at Judges’ Table…

saved by

• Pier-Luc Nadeau-Labadie
• Justin Wang
• Jirat C
• Harrison Qian
• Omkar Gadewar

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