“Watched Pot” comments on the omnipresent white gaze imposed on people of colour.

What is the white gaze? It occurs when people view creations of Black & People of Colour under the scope of white ethnocentrism, which involves the idea of looking at one’s own culture as the highest standard of “good” culture. Source

Original Idiom Meaning: the elongation of time when one is waiting for something to happen urgently