12-01-2014, 08:26 PM
(11-27-2014, 09:01 AM)Idle Miscreant Wrote: That last quote ("it's hard to have "character-based" humor when you're willing to change your characters wildly for the sake of a joke." etc) is very interesting.
I think part of the problem is that from S5 onwards there was suddenly a plethora of these "jokes for the sake of jokes" at the expense of character.
Sheldon's line to Penny about her taking the Krengjai piece; "I've seen pictures of your mother. Keep eating." and his drunk line to Wolowitz "And the first woman you ever disappointed sexually!" for example. Aside from the fact that they're horrible things to say, they're also not things Sheldon WOULD say. They're banal and vulgar, nothing usual about them, the phrasing is not his, and the knowledge is not his either.
Anyone could have said these lines. The "humour" is basic bitchy/laddish humour, and Sheldon shouldn't be made to say it.
My thoughts exactly. It made me wonder who the hell on the writing team is coming up with this trash. Who can I blame?
It shows a disregard for character. Sheldon being factual, dismissive and derisive? Yes! But Sheldon being deliberately cruel, no way. There's a line and they used to care about not crossing it. But now the show is too big for it's booties and they know they don't have to respect the viewer anymore. No one even dares to give them a bad review even though they are not doing their best work.