Penny Blossom

[devilbk]

I hate to be a debbie downer in the Penny Parade, but I was reading an interview with the infamous Steve Molaro and something about Penny just stood out for me:

THR: Last season we learned that Penny is a decent actress. What's in store for her professionally this season?

Molaro: She's actually a pretty good actress, but that doesn't mean she'll necessarily have a great career. I think it's pretty realistic. She's got a commercial, little things here and there, she's taking her acting classes, but realistically the odds of her being a superstar are not great. So there are no plans for her to breakout in some giant career at the moment.

It seem as though that even though it is acknowledged that Penny has potential, she aint going anywhere in her career this season. Its becoming more and more apparent that the Penny character is indeed just a prop for Leonard. If this was the intention from episode one, then why did the writers make her character so damn awesome? (back then of course, I don't know wtf this Penny is now)

I don't think its too late to turn it around. Her endeavors to make something of herself can still be written and still be funny. It was in the earlier seasons; why the sudden change?? Writing Penny into an actress with a recurring role somewhere has potential and can be comedically written. Or shoot, even with some type of steady employment with potential is good for me. She is in her late 20's for crying out loud, she needs to have a plan B.

That would be more realistic, Mr. Molaro

Here is the full interview:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-fe...ews-594416

I really did like Vintage Penny

It's kind of obvious to me that at the time of this interview the only episode that was actually written was 7.1. It also seems to me that they do absolutely no long range plotting. They have no idea where things will be at the end of season 7. They're faking it and that leads to uneven and bad storytelling. Any good long-form story has beats that need to be hit. Lots of things can happen around those beats. They have obviously eschewed any kind of overview and they are working week to week. And it shows.