04-28-2014, 10:59 PM
(04-28-2014, 10:13 PM)LewStonewar Wrote: I find it weird that in any other show AFF would not have stayed in the grandma clothes this long. The girlfriends would have taken her in hand and done a complete makeover and then she would speak up and say "I just gotta be me". Then she would settle into a style that was half-way in between the two extremes. But not TBBT, she is static like the clown characters in a Tyler Perry show (Mr. Brown, Patrice Lovely, Madea)
Because the character is meant to be physically weird and unappealing, and thus anybody finding her attractive is meant to be odd, within the context of show. The trope of 'seeing the inner beauty' has been rather derailed by her bizarre behaviour and lack of social skills. Physical appearance and wardrobe is the very blunt shorthand in the show for character indicators. Also, I believe there are personal reasons MB doesn't want to appear in anything revealing, though that doesn't prevent the dialogue being risque.