08-24-2016, 10:22 PM
After my initial reaction of despair and rage, I've calmed somewhat. I know this show is now marketed for people who don't like sarcastic, arrogant characters and prefer to see exceptional people be silly and fallible. They don't care about undercurrent. That's just how it is and the mainstream just yum it up! I like sarcastic, arrogant characters because it's fiction. I wouldn't tolerate them in my own life and would certainly never be one, it's all contained within comedy. I see them as symbolic. Sheldon symbolised the rebellion against coupledom and normality that we all feel at some point. That the world has the strangle hold on what is and what is not acceptable, and it can only function if the rebellous are taught the 'error of their ways'. As if the human race is that one dimensional! But that's mainstream. I work in marketing, in advertising, design. I know those rules. I just don't want them applied to my fantasy world.