The truth? about the “Romania” show

March 4, 2008 · Bagat la Romania 

Se ingroasa treaba…

Citat de la ei (americani):

CC said:
Dear all,

I would like to summarize a couple of things I read in a Romanian newspaper (Cotidianul) article about the behind the scenes of Tony’s last episode.

* Tony and his crew had a travel schedule (posted somewhere above) established by both parts (I suppose).
* Romanian travel authorities are paranoid about the country image and wanted to show the best places around to entice American (and other) tourists to visit the place.
* Tony’s philosophy for “No Reservations” is to show some unusual or authentic things he finds on a trip – thus the big conflict with the Romanian part that had their own agenda of “upscale” places.
* He is not allowed to film whatever he pleases (e.g. the mici scene) and gets pissed off because he feels he has no input to the scene/food.
* He probably films some better places but chooses to show a funny story around Dracula-cemetery-primitive food and play it funny.
* Romanians hoping for a positive image as emergent Eastern European country where you can finally discover food/people are disappointed and offended (?), but the show is funny and hilarious to the American viewer
* The Romanian Tourism authorities pay for Tony’s visit $20000 and miss again the opportunity to show the world a balanced view of where the country is at this point in time.

PS. Istvan, your point may be good for another board, mate. Bill Clinton, during a visit to Bucharest said he had a good time in Budapest ..lol

Deci…sa ne pregatim cu totii sa cerem scuze la americani? Douajda mii de parai? Ca sa ne facem de cacao? Din banii nostri? Hai, devine ceva mioritic deja…

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