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DigitalSpy Johnny Galecki December 7 2009
http://www.digitalspy.ca/british-tv/inte...g5eHDLE506
Memorable Lines:
[JG]: Chuck told me at the end of the first season that Penny and Leonard are going to give it another shot at dating. It's not going to go well, of course, because we’re doing a comedy, but it's not going to be Leonard’s fault either, so I love that.
*Do you like the idea of the two of you finally being happy together? Leonard getting a second chance?
"Second, or third, or fourth, I don’t know what chance number we’re on now! If we were with lesser writers, I’d be concerned that it was too soon, or too late, but these guys are great and they’re aware that similar dynamics have been done before on television and have been done really well on television before too, and those are the scenes that we really take close care in rehearsing. We rehearse those scenes between Leonard and Penny more than any other because they’re really specific in what you want to suggest. So it’s tricky, but I’d love to jump in with both feet to the whole thing."
[JG]: I think what it boils down to, at least for these characters anyway, is people who are so impassioned to do something that they want to immerse themselves in it entirely. When you do that you miss out on some other things such as social graces or certain lessons. That’s still appealing - it’s still attractive, passion in any way, shape or form.
Mood of the Masses: No Comments
HeroComplex Guest Essay December 14 2009
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/uncategor...-theory-2/
Memorable Lines:
“The Big Bang Theory” has the potential to become a true classic of TV comedy, but it stands apart from most traditional three-camera shows because of what it is not…
“The Big Bang Theory” is not a family sitcom with a wise and knowing (or bumbling and oblivious) father, nor does it feature a single parent. It is not about East Coast friends who are beautiful or urban or beautifully urban. It does not focus on characters defined by their ethnic and/or social class. It is not about aliens or high school students or teachers, and it is not about doctors (not of the medical profession, at least). And it is not, by any stretch of the imagination, about Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms. Middle Class, Middle America, Middlebrow — the kind of characters that a vast audience can (supposedly) most relate to most easily.
Their lack of social skills comes not just from their mental superiority, but also from the fact that they are nerds — they collect comics books, adore video games and gobble up sci-fi and fantasy movies. They take no shame in this; no, they embrace it as their culture, a culture as complex, interesting, and worthy as any other culture on this planet (or any other planet, for that matter).
The show spends far more time showing them in nerd mode than in science settings; you’re more likely to see them at their favorite comic book store on new-release day than to watch them conduct experiments or pore over data because, well, the other option might be mind-numbingly dull. But their career pursuits are shown in subtle ways during brief moments, which is when we see their passion for their work, the thrill and pride they display when they apply their finely honed minds to the latest challenge. If nerdism is their culture, science is their tribe.
The writers of the series have sculpted full portraits of their characters and polished them with a giddy exploitation of their human frailties as well as compassion for them.
Mood of the Masses: General praise for the show.
NYPost Kaley Cuoco January 24 2010
http://nypost.com/2010/01/24/beauty-and-...z0djJIejHl
Memorable Lines:
“Penny has always been the audience’s point of view and the ambassador into the world of our guys,” says Bill Prady, one the series’ executive producers.
“Penny handles Sheldon like no one else,” says Cuoco. “She’s wonderful and sweet, but she also has a backbone. She says what’s on her mind.”
Conversely, “Bang” fans want Penny and the socially-oblivious, germ-phobic Sheldon to get together. “It’s a very strange idea,” says Cuoco.
Asked if a woman exists out there for Sheldon, Cuoco says, “No. Unless it’s like a robot that Sheldon builds and can control.”
Mood of the Masses: No Comments.
http://www.digitalspy.ca/british-tv/inte...g5eHDLE506
Memorable Lines:
[JG]: Chuck told me at the end of the first season that Penny and Leonard are going to give it another shot at dating. It's not going to go well, of course, because we’re doing a comedy, but it's not going to be Leonard’s fault either, so I love that.
*Do you like the idea of the two of you finally being happy together? Leonard getting a second chance?
"Second, or third, or fourth, I don’t know what chance number we’re on now! If we were with lesser writers, I’d be concerned that it was too soon, or too late, but these guys are great and they’re aware that similar dynamics have been done before on television and have been done really well on television before too, and those are the scenes that we really take close care in rehearsing. We rehearse those scenes between Leonard and Penny more than any other because they’re really specific in what you want to suggest. So it’s tricky, but I’d love to jump in with both feet to the whole thing."
[JG]: I think what it boils down to, at least for these characters anyway, is people who are so impassioned to do something that they want to immerse themselves in it entirely. When you do that you miss out on some other things such as social graces or certain lessons. That’s still appealing - it’s still attractive, passion in any way, shape or form.
Mood of the Masses: No Comments
HeroComplex Guest Essay December 14 2009
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/uncategor...-theory-2/
Memorable Lines:
“The Big Bang Theory” has the potential to become a true classic of TV comedy, but it stands apart from most traditional three-camera shows because of what it is not…
“The Big Bang Theory” is not a family sitcom with a wise and knowing (or bumbling and oblivious) father, nor does it feature a single parent. It is not about East Coast friends who are beautiful or urban or beautifully urban. It does not focus on characters defined by their ethnic and/or social class. It is not about aliens or high school students or teachers, and it is not about doctors (not of the medical profession, at least). And it is not, by any stretch of the imagination, about Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms. Middle Class, Middle America, Middlebrow — the kind of characters that a vast audience can (supposedly) most relate to most easily.
Their lack of social skills comes not just from their mental superiority, but also from the fact that they are nerds — they collect comics books, adore video games and gobble up sci-fi and fantasy movies. They take no shame in this; no, they embrace it as their culture, a culture as complex, interesting, and worthy as any other culture on this planet (or any other planet, for that matter).
The show spends far more time showing them in nerd mode than in science settings; you’re more likely to see them at their favorite comic book store on new-release day than to watch them conduct experiments or pore over data because, well, the other option might be mind-numbingly dull. But their career pursuits are shown in subtle ways during brief moments, which is when we see their passion for their work, the thrill and pride they display when they apply their finely honed minds to the latest challenge. If nerdism is their culture, science is their tribe.
The writers of the series have sculpted full portraits of their characters and polished them with a giddy exploitation of their human frailties as well as compassion for them.
Mood of the Masses: General praise for the show.
NYPost Kaley Cuoco January 24 2010
http://nypost.com/2010/01/24/beauty-and-...z0djJIejHl
Memorable Lines:
“Penny has always been the audience’s point of view and the ambassador into the world of our guys,” says Bill Prady, one the series’ executive producers.
“Penny handles Sheldon like no one else,” says Cuoco. “She’s wonderful and sweet, but she also has a backbone. She says what’s on her mind.”
Conversely, “Bang” fans want Penny and the socially-oblivious, germ-phobic Sheldon to get together. “It’s a very strange idea,” says Cuoco.
Asked if a woman exists out there for Sheldon, Cuoco says, “No. Unless it’s like a robot that Sheldon builds and can control.”
Mood of the Masses: No Comments.
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