03-10-2014, 03:54 AM
(03-10-2014, 02:22 AM)SpaceAnJL Wrote: If I thought he meant that Penny might have an average career, a few tv roles and plays, a steady but not spectacular stream of work, I'd be more hopeful. Yeah, I get that she's not going to be the Next Big Thing and catapult into the A-List, that's fine.
What worries me is that very real fear that what they mean is 'huh? why the hell would Penny need a career? She's just Leonard's plaything. She's there to have sex with him, and eventually get married. Uh, let's bullshit our way through this.'
The lack of surname was never a joke. It just emphasises that she is a prop, not a character in her own right.
Penny's lack of a surname is insulting. Even friggn' Zack gets a surname. Everyone who has a regular job on the show gets a surname. Not Penny. Because she's not really a person. She's a prop.