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Kermode & Mayo’s Take

SYDNEY from THE BEAR: when will she reach her boiling point? SHRINK THE BOX

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

Sony Music

Film Interviews, Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Nemone put sous-chef Sydney Adamu from The Bear into therapy. She helps whip the team at the restaurant into shape, she’s nurturing but anxious and riddled with self-doubt, not to mention a person of colour with the highest of ambitions in a profession dominated by white men. Mouthwatering, no?    We want to hear about any theories we might have missed, what you’ve thought of the show so far and your character suggestions. Please drop the team an email (which may be part of the show): shrinkthebox@sonymusic.com  NEXT CLIENTS ON THE COUCH. Find out how to view here   Tyrion, Game of Thrones (seasons 1&2).  Alex and Bradley, The Morning Show (Season 1)   Tasha, Orange is the New Black (season 2)  Polly, Peaky Blinders (seasons 1&2)  Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins, The Wire (Season 1)  Moira Rose, Schitt's Creek (Season 1)  Raymond Holt, Brooklyn 99 (selected episodes)     CREDITS  We used clips from season 2 of The Bear, available on Disney+.     Starring  Jeremy Allen White as Carmen Berzatto  Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard Jerimovich  Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu  Lionel Boyce as Marcus  Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina  Edwin Lee Gibson as Ebraheim  Corey Hendrix as Gary Woods  Richard Esteras as Manny  Jose M. Cervantes as Angel  Abby Elliott as Natalie Berzatto    Created by: Christopher Storer  Written by: Karen Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Rene Gube, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Alex O'Keefe, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer  Directed by: Alan Myerson, Peter Bonerz, James Burrows, Kevin S. Bright   Produced by: FX/Hulu/Disney+    We would love to hear your theories: shrinkthebox@sonymusic.com A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts.    To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Critics are calling Longlegs, the scariest film of the decade.

0:05.0

It's a masterpiece.

0:07.0

I know you're not afraid of a little bit of dark,

0:12.0

because you are the dark.

0:15.0

Long legs.

0:16.0

instant must like 12th, certificate 15.

0:19.0

Who ain't waiting.

0:20.0

Hello, it's Simon here and Mark.

0:22.0

Thank you for listening.

0:23.5

Visit a special thing in our feed here and it's Shrink the box.

0:28.0

This week, Ben the moment will be putting Sydney Amadu in therapy.

0:31.0

Now Sydney is the Sioux chef, the fantastic Sioux chef from The Bear, wonderful

0:36.6

comedy drama set in a ramshackle Chicago restaurant run by a former Michelin-starred chef.

0:43.0

Sydney has never held down a job for long,

0:45.0

often because her impossibly high standards,

0:48.0

ambitious dishes and self-belief

0:50.0

have meant she prefers to plow her own furrow.

0:53.2

On with the show.

0:54.2

No, I'm sorry.

0:55.2

I just missed him.

0:56.2

I'm sorry.

0:57.2

I know you just missed it.

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