04-30-2015, 08:02 AM
Like I said in the chat box: this show's themes are now the following:
Pedophilia: Shamy
Incest: H/B
Necrophilia and Sadism: Raj/Emily.
(plus, these are not mutually exclusive. There's def. some pedophilia in H/B and some incestuous themes in Shamy, too.)
And this is the #1 comedy in America, not some obscure indie tasteless-on-purpose thing.
Now, if this show were overtly a dark, edgy, boundary-pushing comedy and had been that way all along, I suppose you could argue that all's fair. But it's not. It's a light mainstream comedy which the creators/writers tout as being sweet and poignant and full of love and friendship and heart, and positive messages.
Well...I hope the writers are proud of themselves.
I can't help but think there's a "bazinga" coming at the end of it all and that the viewers are being trolled. "How much bizarre and twisted stuff will they accept before they start to notice or object?" I wouldn't be surprised if the writers are saying that to themselves, and seeing just how far they can push the envelope.
The alternative, that they *actually* believe these couples are heartwarming and lovely, is much worse.
You've got all these unbelievably gross and disturbing and inappropriate themes...but Howard liking pin-up girls and ANTM and saying "If you catch my drift.."...THAT, *that*, was perverted.
I mean, really? "She made me a better man?"
Are they honestly asking us to believe that Flirty!Howard was a more indecent, immoral, abnormal person than someone who is literally *turned on by violence* or seemingly turned on by infantilization?
S and H have to grow and change and repent and become "better", but Bernadette, for example, is free to give vent to her very worst impulses, in the most open and blatant way?
It's okay to enjoy cutting people's skin but it's not okay to enjoy meeting Summer Glau? The examples just go on and on.
Also: part of being an adult is the realization that you *can't* always say exactly what you think or do exactly what you want; you have to have some restraint and self-discipline. Yet the characters who are emotionally volatile and don't hesitate to show it, are labeled more "mature" than others. It's immature to like Doctor Who, but a "mature adult" can have an unhinged screaming fit that resembles a toddler's tantrum? A and B are doing the equivalent of grabbing someone else's toy and shrieking "mine!", but in this case, the toy is a human being.
ETA: if the whole point of Raj's story is for him to overcome his fears, then this is a bizarrely wrong-headed plot-development for his character. The result, seemingly, is that his fears have come to pass.
Pedophilia: Shamy
Incest: H/B
Necrophilia and Sadism: Raj/Emily.
(plus, these are not mutually exclusive. There's def. some pedophilia in H/B and some incestuous themes in Shamy, too.)
And this is the #1 comedy in America, not some obscure indie tasteless-on-purpose thing.
Now, if this show were overtly a dark, edgy, boundary-pushing comedy and had been that way all along, I suppose you could argue that all's fair. But it's not. It's a light mainstream comedy which the creators/writers tout as being sweet and poignant and full of love and friendship and heart, and positive messages.
Well...I hope the writers are proud of themselves.
I can't help but think there's a "bazinga" coming at the end of it all and that the viewers are being trolled. "How much bizarre and twisted stuff will they accept before they start to notice or object?" I wouldn't be surprised if the writers are saying that to themselves, and seeing just how far they can push the envelope.
The alternative, that they *actually* believe these couples are heartwarming and lovely, is much worse.
You've got all these unbelievably gross and disturbing and inappropriate themes...but Howard liking pin-up girls and ANTM and saying "If you catch my drift.."...THAT, *that*, was perverted.
I mean, really? "She made me a better man?"
Are they honestly asking us to believe that Flirty!Howard was a more indecent, immoral, abnormal person than someone who is literally *turned on by violence* or seemingly turned on by infantilization?S and H have to grow and change and repent and become "better", but Bernadette, for example, is free to give vent to her very worst impulses, in the most open and blatant way?
It's okay to enjoy cutting people's skin but it's not okay to enjoy meeting Summer Glau? The examples just go on and on.
Also: part of being an adult is the realization that you *can't* always say exactly what you think or do exactly what you want; you have to have some restraint and self-discipline. Yet the characters who are emotionally volatile and don't hesitate to show it, are labeled more "mature" than others. It's immature to like Doctor Who, but a "mature adult" can have an unhinged screaming fit that resembles a toddler's tantrum? A and B are doing the equivalent of grabbing someone else's toy and shrieking "mine!", but in this case, the toy is a human being.
ETA: if the whole point of Raj's story is for him to overcome his fears, then this is a bizarrely wrong-headed plot-development for his character. The result, seemingly, is that his fears have come to pass.