Abstract The purpose of this paper is to introduce and analyze the television show, "The Restaurant." "The Restaurant" is a reality television show centered on a new restaurant in New York City and the mostly white staff who work there. Specifically, it explores the TV show and uncovers any cultural biases that exist in the show. It also explains how these biases influence society's biases and/or are influenced by society.
From the Paper "Harry F. Waters wrote about one TV reviewer, "He has turned his lens on TV's hidden victims ? women, the elderly, blacks, blue-collar workers and other groups ? to document the ways in which video-entertainment portrayals subliminally condition how we perceive ourselves and how we view those around us" (Waters 119). This is quite interesting, because it really relates to the staff of The Restaurant, and points out some of the show's prejudices and cultural biases. At first glance, the staff seemed to be pretty well balanced. There were black people working as wait staff, and there were women working right alongside men in the kitchen, in fact, Rocco's mother, called "Mama" by everyone, was the executive chef, so even senior citizens were involved."
