Having watched dozens of travelogues about America, I can only say that this one has a pretty mean edge. Sure, everyone likes to see obscure places that are not the subject of the local tourism ads. No one wants to watch Disney-style travel shows. Even his visits to Angola prison, covering a burn-out homeless "hotel" in the ghetto, and showing off the best of Minnesota in January could be forgiven on this account. However, many of his social comments are intentional, thinly-veiled nasty digs, and they ruin what could otherwise be a top show in this genre.
It was very hard to watch him make fun of the interesting, warm-hearted people who invited him into their missile silo. That part would have been excellent if he had simply resisted the urge to throw in his hideous final comments. Watching the cheese farm segment was truly excruciating. Here's an interesting subject that was ruined by Fry's diatribe, as he repeatedly expressed his disgust for American-made cheese while his shocked cheese-making hostess wondered how a Brit could could ever get that flipping rude.
It was very hard to watch him make fun of the interesting, warm-hearted people who invited him into their missile silo. That part would have been excellent if he had simply resisted the urge to throw in his hideous final comments. Watching the cheese farm segment was truly excruciating. Here's an interesting subject that was ruined by Fry's diatribe, as he repeatedly expressed his disgust for American-made cheese while his shocked cheese-making hostess wondered how a Brit could could ever get that flipping rude.