There’s an important lesson in The Great British Baking Show’s heinous Mexican Week. The series needs to do away with the country-themed week immediately. GBBO
Really, we should’ve seen the mess coming as soon as the series announced the Mexican-themed challenge for this week. Paul Hollywood may know his stuff when it comes to creme pat, but keep that man away from tacos at all costs. Mexican Week was a disaster in the tent, only supporting the argument thatHosts Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding wasted no time jumping into offensive bits. They sported sombreros and ponchos to begin the episode, teeing up a few abhorrent jokes in the meantime.
. But as they bake, Noel immediately breaks his “no Mexican jokes” rule , diving into a bit about how Mexico doesn’t exist., please: Fire everyone involved and hire new hosts immediately. But the offenses don’t stop with Noel and Matt—judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith certainly aren’t innocent bystanders in Mexican week. Prue’s already endured a week of discourse surrounding her confession of.
This mispronunciation really bogs the whole episode down quite a bit. The first challenge is pan dulce, but Noel Fielding continues to call it “pan dul-che” in the narration, only correcting himself once or twice. The same thing happens in the showstopper challenge: Instead of
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