The BBC took Roger Barton, a fish-monger from London, and places him first in the Bronx fish market in New York, then a produce market in Mexico City, and lastly in a market in India. In the New York episode, he travels north to Maine to the actual fish market, where he sees how everything is done on computers (silent auctions) to prevent fraud, then covers the history of the old Manhattan fish market. It is an interesting comparison, seeing the cleanliness and efficiency of New York, as compared to the market in Mexico, where you see how hard, how dirty and how corrupt and ruthless it is. Along the way, he is introduced to everyone from the movers and shakers up top, to the bottom of the barrel scavengers.
Sometimes the cameras wander off topic, as when he visits a customer's home for the day of the dead celebration, but overall I feel like I learned a little something about how great we have it in civilized, western countries.
Sometimes the cameras wander off topic, as when he visits a customer's home for the day of the dead celebration, but overall I feel like I learned a little something about how great we have it in civilized, western countries.
