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They seem to have dropped the bit about Amy's weird fetish with Penny.
They finally wised up about that. Penny is the normal center of the show, the character with whom the largest segment of the audience identifies and it is through her eyes that we are viewing this little world of nerdy scientists. As our pov, when something makes Penny uncomfortable, it is making the audience uncomfortable. Consequently the audience didn't just see, it felt the awkwardness created by Amy's inappropriate worship of Penny.
They finally wised up about that. Penny is the normal center of the show, the character with whom the largest segment of the audience identifies and it is through her eyes that we are viewing this little world of nerdy scientists. As our pov, when something makes Penny uncomfortable, it is making the audience uncomfortable. Consequently the audience didn't just see, it felt the awkwardness created by Amy's inappropriate worship of Penny.
I could swear that there was a reference to this in the last show, but I can't call it to mind.
Who says that's who Sheldon is? He's a fictional character, and the beauty of that is they can easily change him, if they wish.
In fact, that's the problem--Sheldon has been changing, but not in a good way. Like many quirky characters, he's falling victim to Sitcom Writer Syndrome. Every year they make his quirks more and more extreme, trying to see how far they can push it. As noted earlier, sit com writers have a bad habit of doing this.
The good new is they can undo it, if they so choose. But sit com writers are sometimes more clueless than the characters they create.
I agree with this! Sheldon used to be sort of nutty and socially awkward, but he has become less likeable than before. We did get that nice scene with Amy after they were all playing Dungeons and Dragons last season. That scene showed the range of Parsons and Bialik, and I don't know why the two characters cannot have more of these.
I seem to remember that Amy had an unhappy look on her face as she closed the door on Sheldon after he came to her door at night at the end of the last epi. We might see some more of this before a break later in the season. But, really, I don't imagine the long term goal of the show is to have them break up.
And don't forget there will be a TBBT show on Monday night of next week. I assume there will be the regular Thursday night as well, but perhaps I am mistaken.
And don't forget there will be a TBBT show on Monday night of next week. I assume there will be the regular Thursday night as well, but perhaps I am mistaken.
They finally wised up about that. Penny is the normal center of the show, the character with whom the largest segment of the audience identifies and it is through her eyes that we are viewing this little world of nerdy scientists. As our pov, when something makes Penny uncomfortable, it is making the audience uncomfortable. Consequently the audience didn't just see, it felt the awkwardness created by Amy's inappropriate worship of Penny.
Penny is supposed to represent the normal person?
For real?
Penny is supposed to represent the normal person?
For real?
I shudder.
I tend to think of Leonard as being the normal person--he's more typical of the people you'd meet in my circle of friends. And more typical of the people I knew when I lived in LA, where I knew lots of aerospace workers, engineers and scientists. I knew some writers and technicians in the entertainment industry, but very few actresses. And I don't think I knew anyone who never get acting jobs but could afford to live in an apartment like that without a roommate.
I'm glad they are now shying away from Amy's weird obsession with Penny, Raj's weird obsession with Howard, etc. The "latent homosexuality" jokes probably work better on another show, but they didn't really jibe with BBT. So they were funny at first, as something unexpected, but then it got tiresome. It felt awkward, too--like it got in the way of the humor that more naturally fits with this show.
Yes. To me, everyone but Sheldon seems more normal, and Penny is the dumb pet they keep around.
The difference being the social awkwardness. None of the genius/nerd types I know are social misfits as adults. In fact, most of them are holding all the cards in the dating world.
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