ElectricBoogaloo May 12, 2015 Share May 12, 2015 With acclaimed film director Darren Aronofsky as his travel companion, Tony explores this island nation off the southeastern coast of Africa. Starting the journey in the chaotic, crowded capital city Tana, they sample the cuisine of legendary Malagasy chef Mariette Andrianjaka. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/26368-s05e04-madagascar/
MissT May 18, 2015 Share May 18, 2015 I thought this show was very depressing. I watch all of his shows and this was hard to watch between the starving children at the train station, the burning of all the forests and the children on the beach having to wait to be fed. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/26368-s05e04-madagascar/#findComment-1160030
clod May 18, 2015 Share May 18, 2015 I only saw (most of) the last half hour. I thought the train scenes and "shots" were well done. sitting on the front of the train...... yeah. and the beach scenes. there was one closeup shot where a young boy looks into the camera for a couple of seconds, then looks back towards the beach. he wasn't playing or even acting curious. he was just "seeing us". nice shot. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/26368-s05e04-madagascar/#findComment-1160137
susannot May 19, 2015 Share May 19, 2015 It was very bleak and depressing. The only positive note was the 40000 acre national park. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/26368-s05e04-madagascar/#findComment-1162492
PhD-Purgatory15 May 24, 2015 Share May 24, 2015 (edited) I'm not sure I'd go quite as far as bleak and depressing....but it definitely was a meditation/critique on the constraints that countries in developing world are facing. Particularly those hoping to use the avenue of tourism and ecotourism specifically to try and lift their populations out of poverty. It had a similar tone to his last Jamaica episode. The closing cinematography from Aronofsky had a stark (if fatalistic) beauty w/ the quick cutting from the church service to the environmental degradation throughout Madagascar... Edited May 24, 2015 by PhD-Purgatory15 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/26368-s05e04-madagascar/#findComment-1180682
ElectricBoogaloo May 25, 2015 Author Share May 25, 2015 Bourdain's blog about Madagascar 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/26368-s05e04-madagascar/#findComment-1181816
knaankos May 8, 2016 Share May 8, 2016 I didn't realy understand the sudden religious vigor and language at the end. That wasn't mentioned in the entire episode and then suddenly at the end it was there. The ending left a confusing feel to it all Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/26368-s05e04-madagascar/#findComment-2220253
blueray August 27, 2016 Share August 27, 2016 I just watched this episode on Netflix, I haven't seen it before. It was depressing at the same time that is reality. It was interesting that we got a different point of view (even if it was only for a few minutes) of a situation shown earlier. The fact is that lots of developing counties have serious poverty and it is rarely shown unless it is the focus. I did enjoy this episode and felt really bad for those kids at the train station. I think the religious stuff at the end was shown to show more about the people, but I agree it was kind of randomly put in at the end of the episode. As if they realized they were to short or something. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/26368-s05e04-madagascar/#findComment-2517918
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