Skift Take
Parts Unknown has officially arrived. Giving insights into a country as unkown to the average American as Libya is feat unto itself, but making viewers feel connected to Libyans is an obstacle that few other than Bourdain would be able to achieve.
If Quebec was Bourdain's most gluttonous episode to date, Libya is its most austere.
Geopolitics and Libyan culture are the snippets that viewers and Bourdain feast on in this week's episode; and images of Libyan children offering the peace sign serve as a decadent dessert.
Bourdain calls episode 6 of Parts Unknown "the best piece of work I’ve ever been part of," something at least several viewers will agree with.
The foray into Parts Unknown's most dangerous destination begins with newsreels of the Libyan uprising in 2011. Newscasters' announcements are interwined with Bourdain's explanation of the revolution and the role that social media played in its success.
"They recorded the whole thing on their cell phones... young people heeded the calls for revolution on Facebook and Twitter," describes Bourdain.
Akram, a Libyan local that flew home from Manchester at the first word of revolution attributes Twitter and Google Earth to the movement's success.
Over a breakfast of fried bread and eggs, Akram tells Bourda
