just the writers don't get it.
I'm pretty sure they don't get it.
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Apr 20, 2010 5:13:56 pm PDT #24127 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hil R. - Apr 20, 2010 5:14:01 pm PDT #24128 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
sarameg, Glee has lots of issues like that, where the writers have a character say something right and then do something wrong and it's really questionable whether it's the writers or the characters who don't get it. I really don't know how to interpret it.
sarameg - Apr 20, 2010 5:16:56 pm PDT #24129 of 30001
Yeah, Glee is fluffy enough that you just don't know. But from the few I've seen, they seem to occasionally climb on hobbyhorses they've made from kindling and it all falls apart.
Consuela - Apr 20, 2010 5:17:59 pm PDT #24130 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I can't do a meara, but I wanted to chime in--or, well, complain-- about the fact that my law degree has not resulted in an office for me.
OTOH, all the offices in my division (except the Captain's) have no windows. Only cubicles have windows, and I have a huge window looking west over the Bay, with a view of the Bay Bridge and SF and Mount Tam.
So I shouldn't complain too much.
In other news, I sauteed together onions and mushrooms and skinny asparagus and had it over pasta with parmesan and pepper, and it was good.
What's so special about Graeter's ice cream? Is it better than B&J?
Aims - Apr 20, 2010 5:18:48 pm PDT #24131 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I like to give the writers the benefit of the doubt and say they're writing for teenagers who are perpetually clueless. I think the Finn/Jesse pissing contest is no different than the Rachel/Preggers Girl pissing contest before the break.
Consuela - Apr 20, 2010 5:19:30 pm PDT #24132 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, and Sarameg: the writers DO NOT GET IT. On the race front, the ablism front, or the gender front.
Also, I find it hard to watch because I love the musical numbers and yet find most of the characters viscerally unlikeable. (Except for Kurt and his dad.) (Well, and Sue, but she's fun to not like. The rest are just unlikeable.)
Jesse - Apr 20, 2010 5:20:56 pm PDT #24133 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't mind the characters being unlikable, really -- hell, I watched Nip/Tuck (also Ryan Murphy) to the bitter end. And I was bitter.
Consuela - Apr 20, 2010 5:21:51 pm PDT #24134 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I get that; but with television, I need somebody I like. Or I need to like more people than I dislike, anyway.
sarameg - Apr 20, 2010 5:26:07 pm PDT #24135 of 30001
I like the singing, I just wish they'd avoid the messaging. Stupidass teens I can cope with. Flimsy afterschool special fail, nsm. But hell, I don't watch it often. Had no idea divorce was happening. I guess I just prefer fluff don't make me seriously annoyed. Fluff shouldn't make me think.
Jesse - Apr 20, 2010 5:27:03 pm PDT #24136 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think you should whitefont that there in the middle, sara.