04-02-2015, 04:32 AM
(04-02-2015, 02:29 AM)ricardo shillyshally Wrote: It's actually just another cliche they attached to his character, the mad scientist. L>'The guy is one lab accident away from being a supervillain.' But again it just exposes peoples fear of science and scientists(at least they moved on from how they used to treat witches). I bet everytime some thinker challenged the pervading view, they were demonized, from Copernicus, Frankenstein, Darwin,etc.
This is an interesting thought because I always focus on their treatment of nerd culture, but others here, and yourself have noticed that this ideology is also sending a message about science, scientists and intellectuals. Clever people are weird, vaguely dangerous and definitely not attractive.
Perhaps it never intended to, but a show as big as BB, by its position and it's obligation to the network, has become part of a message that they either want to embrace (ie, give 10 seasons to) or they don't.