Opinion about Top Gears

With respect to the video Top Gear in which the men are talking about Mexico, I think their comments are very poor because they didn´t make an exhaustive research about the traditions even the features of Mexico and its people. They didn´t have to express in that way because they only wanted to offend people, in fact they did it, that´s why most of people in Mexico got upset.

But I also think that maybe their intentions were not to offend people but only to have a “fun moment” because that´s the main purpose of the program. However even in this kind of situation they had to be well informed and had real information in order to have a better criticism. So that´s why I didn´t feel very offended watching the video. So, if you ask me, this is not the way to talk about anything, you need first to be informed and then you can give an opinion that can be supported with information or facts.

In the other hand the video No Reservations has better opinions. Why? Just because Anthony Bourdain was in Mexico City and he lived and knew the things as they are. He did a tour in which he could know the kind of places and Mexican food. So I think that you can give an opinion or valid opinion when you know the topic you are going to talk about.  As we can see in the video here, in Mexico there are different kinds of food ant it´s a traditional and delicious food. Our food represent us around the world because it´s unique. There is a phrase in the video that refer to the tortilla which explain that  we can´t find even a similar tortilla in the world, just because the flavor and how it looks is not as it is here in Mexico. Frankly, I think that´s the way to make a criticism about a group of people, places or whatever, knowing the place or the people we are going to talk about, if we don´t do this we are always going to think in the stereotypes and talking without any support idea.