04-05-2015, 07:30 AM
(04-03-2015, 12:47 PM)Tuesday Pajamas Wrote: Bernadette is a one trick pony and the acting is really quite terrible. She's nothing but a parody, of a cartoon, of a cardboard cut-out. Screeching like a lunatic because that's all the writers give her to do. A truly terribly written character. I really can't tell if the actress has any range at all. I've been told some of her standup is quite good but you'd never know from her work on this show.
I guess a lot of people find it funny but I can't think why.
I can't imagine it's enjoyable or satisfying for the actress, to play this one-note role. The cast members seem to enjoy each other's company, but so what? They're not being paid to enjoy each other's company and behave like they're at summer camp. What's good for them isn't necessarily good for the audience. They all seem kind of cheerfully oblivious, fiddling while Rome burns.
I don't watch many sitcoms, but off the top of my head, I can't recall any other character who was so blatantly unpleasant and yet was presented as a protagonist, as someone we're expected to find (mostly) likeable and admirable. If she were explicitly presented as a villain/antagonist, that would be one thing. But no, this is the person who's "too good" for Howard, and he's "lucky" to have her
I'm usually pretty good at separating actor from character, but I'd never go see MR in some other role, now. The association with BBT is too off-putting.
And if I'm not the only person who feels that way, then MR should be more mindful of the impact this show is having on her future image. But none of them seem to have their own best interests in mind, except money-wise.
The character of Bernadette has gone beyond just loud and abrasive. The events of this latest episode make her seem inconsiderate, selfish, and grasping, to a truly disturbing and harmful degree.
I really can't imagine that Vintage!Howard would put up with this, no matter how desperate he was for sex and for love. He'd get spooked and run away. Dare I say that he was better off paying for prostitutes, or dealing with rejection? No amount of "I wuv you Howie" in that silly fake voice is worth someone who thinks your house belongs to them and your feelings don't matter.
"Better to be hated than to be loved for what you're not", as the song goes.
I'm able to write about it now, but yesterday I was so angry and saddened that I couldn't bear to think about it. Not to play Internet Diagnosis, but both A and B seem to show hints of some truly evil type of Narcissism, a belief that other people and their rights simply do not matter. S, P, and H are second-class citizens and they can be abused or disregarded with impunity, because other characters have been given this bizarrely privileged status.
I know there are scenes/eps where B is sweet and comforting towards H or even apologizes to him for one thing or another, but I simply don't care. Don't give me a dish full of acid with a Hershey's Kiss on top. That's the cycle with abusive people: an outburst is followed by a big show of reconciliation and making everything seem wonderful and lovey-dovey, before the cycle starts again.
ETA: and yes, if the genders were reversed, people would be foaming at the mouth about these abusive behaviors, especially certain segments of the fandom who blow a lot of smoke about being feminist. Likewise, if the show came out and explicitly stated that Sheldon has autism, then they prob. couldn't get away with this Creepy Luring Amy stuff, because it would be less ambiguously a case of exploiting someone's disability.
And now, with Emily, they continue this pattern of portraying women as sinister and dangerous.