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I have never rolled my eyes in cringe at a reality show before in my life.
My family moved here in the late 1980s when I was about six years old. In the process of growing up here I witnessed the growth of Dubai in every aspect, from its construction boom and population growth to its leadership as the ultimate tourist destination in the world and home of one of the fastest growing multicultural communities in the world. I was here through elementary, secondary, and high school, then on to university and finally another 15 years of working in several industries. It is far more of a home than the country where I was born and the country whose citizenship I carry.
This is not my Dubai.
Dubai Bling is an example of everything that is wrong with the Dark Side of Dubai: the zealotry of ego, the Karen Culture, the money-out-of-your-nose opulence that's more a cause of derision than it is inspiration. There is nothing creative or ground-breaking about this show apart from the fact that it bolsters the outside world's cynical view of Dubai being everything wrong about "nouveau riche urban development." The city is no London, New York, or Paris...so it's already laughed at elsewhere with YouTube videos that show everything that's wrong with this city. Those of us who know better defend the city against those videos...
...but when a show like this comes out on an international streaming service, it does nothing but bolster the outside world's reason to hate the city and turn the volume of the laughter up to ear-shattering levels.
Everything is clearly acted out in a desperate plea for attention, every scripted word is a demonstration of how common sense is clearly thrown to the wind, every item of fashion is an outrageously obvious product placement sponsorship disguised as daily haute couture. All this does is cement outsiders' belief that this is no billion dollar elite society but a 1 cent flea circus.
On a scale of 1 to 10, this show is a -11.
My family moved here in the late 1980s when I was about six years old. In the process of growing up here I witnessed the growth of Dubai in every aspect, from its construction boom and population growth to its leadership as the ultimate tourist destination in the world and home of one of the fastest growing multicultural communities in the world. I was here through elementary, secondary, and high school, then on to university and finally another 15 years of working in several industries. It is far more of a home than the country where I was born and the country whose citizenship I carry.
This is not my Dubai.
Dubai Bling is an example of everything that is wrong with the Dark Side of Dubai: the zealotry of ego, the Karen Culture, the money-out-of-your-nose opulence that's more a cause of derision than it is inspiration. There is nothing creative or ground-breaking about this show apart from the fact that it bolsters the outside world's cynical view of Dubai being everything wrong about "nouveau riche urban development." The city is no London, New York, or Paris...so it's already laughed at elsewhere with YouTube videos that show everything that's wrong with this city. Those of us who know better defend the city against those videos...
...but when a show like this comes out on an international streaming service, it does nothing but bolster the outside world's reason to hate the city and turn the volume of the laughter up to ear-shattering levels.
Everything is clearly acted out in a desperate plea for attention, every scripted word is a demonstration of how common sense is clearly thrown to the wind, every item of fashion is an outrageously obvious product placement sponsorship disguised as daily haute couture. All this does is cement outsiders' belief that this is no billion dollar elite society but a 1 cent flea circus.
On a scale of 1 to 10, this show is a -11.
I'm only 3 parts into this 18hour, 10-part documentary and the horrifying things I've seen and heard are capable of turning your whole world upside down and inside out. You can't bear to look and yet it's so captivating that you want to see more and more.
At the same time it serves as a clear revelation that it takes only one man, intentions good or bad, to ever start a destructive war. And now, we've reached a point of unwavering belief that just one man can destroy the entire world.
In a rare and noble act of objectivity in today's media, the documentary interviews both American troops and Viet Cong, and you sure as hell don't root for any side. As I watch this, I believe this is the war that truly reshaped the world, because it made every single other nation out there, Middle East included, deeply hateful of all others.
And perhaps it's now too late to love again...
At the same time it serves as a clear revelation that it takes only one man, intentions good or bad, to ever start a destructive war. And now, we've reached a point of unwavering belief that just one man can destroy the entire world.
In a rare and noble act of objectivity in today's media, the documentary interviews both American troops and Viet Cong, and you sure as hell don't root for any side. As I watch this, I believe this is the war that truly reshaped the world, because it made every single other nation out there, Middle East included, deeply hateful of all others.
And perhaps it's now too late to love again...
If, like me and most other boys, you grew up with a fascination and obsession with cars, there would eventually be a need to get a better idea of their history. I remember watching this movie when I was about 10 or so...maybe even younger, but the history lesson it provided stuck with me for a lifetime.
This is definitely a kids movie that encourages suspension of disbelief in order to teach a lesson, and it works! It's surprising to watch it again now and realize how much it actually taught back then that remains stuck in my database of random trivia.
That being said, back then you couldn't distinguish 80s cheese for what it is now, so reviewing this as an adult is an entirely different perspective. It's campy, cheesy, and at (most) times, highly cringeworthy...but wasn't that the 80s in general? And I had completely forgotten that Niki Lauda was in it...an inclusion that, for what it's worth for a racing legend, wasn't really necessary. One thing that it definitely has going for it is the inclusion of so many authentic cars true to their history. How did they manage to get so many of them?!
Ultimately, this is a top nerds' movie, that's for sure. A lot of the info you get from it can now easily be found on Wikipedia, but to condense it into one single production with what would have been defined back then as "fun" isn't a triumph of infotainment, but for its day, it sure as heck works. That being said, it's definitely not a movie for today's kids, intelligent enough to be highly cynical about it.
This is definitely a kids movie that encourages suspension of disbelief in order to teach a lesson, and it works! It's surprising to watch it again now and realize how much it actually taught back then that remains stuck in my database of random trivia.
That being said, back then you couldn't distinguish 80s cheese for what it is now, so reviewing this as an adult is an entirely different perspective. It's campy, cheesy, and at (most) times, highly cringeworthy...but wasn't that the 80s in general? And I had completely forgotten that Niki Lauda was in it...an inclusion that, for what it's worth for a racing legend, wasn't really necessary. One thing that it definitely has going for it is the inclusion of so many authentic cars true to their history. How did they manage to get so many of them?!
Ultimately, this is a top nerds' movie, that's for sure. A lot of the info you get from it can now easily be found on Wikipedia, but to condense it into one single production with what would have been defined back then as "fun" isn't a triumph of infotainment, but for its day, it sure as heck works. That being said, it's definitely not a movie for today's kids, intelligent enough to be highly cynical about it.