[ SECRET POST #4728 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4728 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Well, I don't totally agree.

First of all, I think the season before the most recent season was better than the most recent season. And I think that the most important determining characteristic of the quality of a season is the quality of the bakers, followed by production choices (editing and challenge choices and stuff like that), with the hosts and judging in a distant third.

Third - I actually agree that Paul giving out the handshakes so often really annoyed me. But I think what you're missing is the different dynamic between the judges overall. Prue was harsher as a critic than Mary was, but Paul was much less harsh overall than he was when Mary was the other judge. I think it was a general attempt to change the judging dynamic and I think describing that as Prue being "a bitch" is unfair.

I know a lot of people just don't care about anything except saying that they miss Sue, Mel and Mary and won't watch the show anymore, and that's fine, but I just don't totally agree with this secret.

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty much agreed- Paul was getting too easy but I felt he was compensating (or told to compensate) for Prue being much harsher than Mary was. I don’t think she qualified as a bitch, I think she was just harsh and sometimes rude (occasionally mean-ish). That said, she definitely has dialed that back and I am warming (slowly) to her, accordingly.

[(Anonymous)]

This last series of GBBO was the worst. The contestants for the most part were boring, the bakes were uninspired, and either the quality of the applicants went down or Channel 4 is run by idiots. I am thinking both.

[(Anonymous)]

Had great applicants the season before so I hope it's a one-time thing

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe they did tell them that (and I hope they did) but this season was still dire. It's the first time I haven't watched every episode and don't really care to.

[tabaqui]

.........i never noticed Prue being super-duper mean or horribly critical.
I'd like to think Paul shook hands with people who did well; he always seems sincerely impressed with show-stoppers that would never make it on a 'pro' level, but are obviously the very best the person can do and were done with love and pride.

It's not the same show as it was, but I still enjoy it.
*shrug*

[(Anonymous)]

It was more in the early seasons. I remember one example where it'd been a particularly tough technical challenge where everyone had a hard time and when she and Paul came out, she exclaimed something like "Oh, what a mess!" which... I don't know, it's not the most horrible thing ever, but probably not the nicest thing to say to a group of people who'd spent the last hour and a half really struggling and who were feeling incredibly disappointed in themselves. That wasn't the only such remark, but it was fairly typical. In a recent season, she told someone she would've liked their cake a lot, except that the cake before it was a better version. Again, not horrible but really unnecessary and kind of Mean Girl-ish.

[(Anonymous)]

"What a mess" strikes me as fair because almost everyone on set was saying the same thing about those technicals. And saying that a previous recipe was better is pretty good feedback IMO.

[(Anonymous)]

Disagree on both counts. Be honest... if you knew that someone had really, really struggled with a project, tried very hard and did their best but it didn't go well and they were absolutely crushed, is that what you'd say the first time you saw it? You think that's a kind, "fair" thing to say?

As for the second, again, no. Mind you, she didn't say that the previous recipe was better, she said something like "I would've thought this was good if I hadn't just eaten a better one" which was completely unnecessary and not keeping with the spirit of the show. I'm not saying criticism is never warranted, but Prue can sometimes be callous with her remarks. Mary knew how to offer suggestions for improvement without being unkind, and you could see how well bakers responded to it.