08-26-2018, 05:41 AM
(08-26-2018, 12:19 AM)Nostalgia Wrote: I mean, Holloywood /loves/ to portray itself as paragons of virtue and above stuff like this(Especially in today's times even), but by allowing this to have continued for 12 freakin' seasons, going on 13 before Parsons finally put his foot down, they're basically telling the world, "If you're manipulating someone in the pursuit of sex or "love" and lying to them and stalking them, etc... it's okay and there's no consequences in doing so."! Or you can take the alternate meaning that Leonard himself demonstrated or said out loud multiple times on the show, "If you're a nerd or a similarly disaffected person and you want that hot chick that reminds you of the girl from high school whom who never had the courage to ask out/who said no to you, here's how to twist everything around and about her to get in her pants and maybe even married"! Or, "If you're a hot girl and a nerd wants you, you'll let him"! By peddling this and the continued encouragement of the establishment("#1 comedy in America?!") and the fact that the fans bought this bull&*^#, it sends a BAD MESSAGE no matter what message you take from it. And as you say, if Sheldon(Or rather, Leonard since he's the "protagonist"/Gary Stu) was a woman, Hollywood wouldn't stand for it. But since Penny/Kaley is the "love interest" rather than the protag(or a character on equal standing to the protag), it must be alright, right??? Typical Hollywood hypocrisy.
There are so many bad messages with Shamy, I don't even know where to begin:
- Extortion into dating
- Viewing asexuality like a curable disease
- Gaslighting disguised as true love
- Stepfording disguised as character growth (turning early-season Sheldon into an obedient, submissive husband with no free will)
- Spreading ones scent over other people's possessions (that alone is worthy of a restraining order)
- Treating your spouse like one of your test subjects
- Arranged dating and marriage (is this show taking place in rural India?)