The Big Bang Theory

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I actually like Bernadette and find her funny - her role as a sort of continuation of Howard's mother is hilarious, she has some great lines and delivers them well.

Some of the posts on this thread seem to come down to little more than 'meh, we don't want gurls in the show, they ruin it', which I disagree with. It's just Amy I find annoying, because the character is completely unrealistic in any way because she's overly caricatured beyond the point where there's any common ground allowing me to relate to her. I'd rather have Leslie Winkle back, intellectually sparring/getting into confrontations with Sheldon, that was far more interesting and funny, and she was realistic - that could so easily have been developed into a far more interesting hate/love/intellectual competitive type scenario despite her earlier dalliances with Leonard. Bring back Leslie Winkle!

I agree, Amy was bought in as a quick joke. It may have worked as a punchline in one episode but the more of her I see on screen the more the joke wares thin. She is so unrealistic that it is impossible to relate to her. The last episode I watched with her being ill and getting a spank was stupid and placed her and sheldon in such an unrealistic situation that you could see the writers writing rather than just enjoying the episode.

 

[Ranu]

I like Kripke.
(God knows how you spell that. Americans' names be weird.)

Kwipke...

 

[gentlegreen]

Kwipke...

Bawwy Kwipke no less.

 

[Deareg]

Episode one, series one.

The very first time I watched it I was hooked, thought it was brilliant, god knows how I missed it for so long.

 

[jannerboyuk]

I agree, Amy was bought in as a quick joke. It may have worked as a punchline in one episode but the more of her I see on screen the more the joke wares thin. She is so unrealistic that it is impossible to relate to her. The last episode I watched with her being ill and getting a spank was stupid and placed her and sheldon in such an unrealistic situation that you could see the writers writing rather than just enjoying the episode.

Ironically she is the one with an actual science phd!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Ironically she is the one with an actual science phd!

That's not really irony but I get what you mean.
Anyway it's the writers that wrote sheldon and amy wrong, I doubt blossom has much to add.

 

[Chz]

She's like all the other characters on the show - an amalgam of real personalities that when you put them all into just the one body look totally unrealistic. They're all based on 2-4 real personality types, and I recognise the lot. That's what makes it so damned funny.

 

[gentlegreen]

Yes, Sheldon himself is a walking conundrum. If he wasn't, it would be completely impossible for people to relate to him and vice versa.

 

[Me76]

I got the first two series on DVD for Christmas!!

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

She's like all the other characters on the show - an amalgam of real personalities that when you put them all into just the one body look totally unrealistic. They're all based on 2-4 real personality types, and I recognise the lot. That's what makes it so damned funny.

Yep. I think I've dated all of them at least once.

 

[Casually Red]

theyre all too fucking clever for their own good

 

[ddraig]

big bang til 10 tonight on E4

 

[zoooo]

theyre all too fucking clever for their own good

Except Penny!

 

[Idris2002]

I may find the Big Bang Theory vaguely amusing, but I also think it's essentially dodgy, especially in its portrayal of Raj and Howard, which borders on racism and anti-semitism at times.

http://butmyopinionisright.tumblr.com/post/31079561065/the-problem-with-the-big-bang-theory

" The Big Bang Theory is the worst kind of bully – the one that pretends to be your friend and then takes the piss out of you behind your back."

 

[frogwoman]

I may find the Big Bang Theory vaguely amusing, but I also think it's essentially dodgy, especially in its portrayal of Raj and Howard, which borders on racism and anti-semitism at times.

http://butmyopinionisright.tumblr.com/post/31079561065/the-problem-with-the-big-bang-theory

" The Big Bang Theory is the worst kind of bully – the one that pretends to be your friend and then takes the piss out of you behind your back."

you know what you're right, i usually keep a sharp eye for that shit but i'd never thought of that.

i think it was funny in the beginning, but its gone a bit downhill lately, theres only so many times you can have the same joke

 

[Idris2002]

you know what you're right, i usually keep a sharp eye for that shit but i'd never thought of that.

What did it for me was when the four geeks club together to buy an original prop from The Time Machine. The Leonard character says to Howard, "what film would you buy a souvenir prop from? Sophie's Choice?"

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[Idris2002]

I am left gasping in the wake of your incisive and witty response.

 

[Sirena]

I may find the Big Bang Theory vaguely amusing, but I also think it's essentially dodgy, especially in its portrayal of Raj and Howard, which borders on racism and anti-semitism at times.

http://butmyopinionisright.tumblr.com/post/31079561065/the-problem-with-the-big-bang-theory

" The Big Bang Theory is the worst kind of bully – the one that pretends to be your friend and then takes the piss out of you behind your back."

I still think it is funny. Everyone is gently mocked and that is where most of the humour lies. But everyone has their own perception and just quoting a link doesn't make it so....

 

[gentlegreen]

My main problem with the BBT is that they aren't very convincing as science uber-geeks - even Sheldon.
A bit like Star Trek TNG, not enough proper science.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

http://butmyopinionisright.tumblr.com/post/31079561065/the-problem-with-the-big-bang-theory

" The Big Bang Theory is the worst kind of bully – the one that pretends to be your friend and then takes the piss out of you behind your back."

The thing that strikes me about that article is that the author assumes that the only way to enjoy it is to laugh at the same things that the audience laughs at. I enjoy it, but the bits I get the biggest kick out of are the nerdiest jokes or references - and I laugh because I get the joke, not because "aren't nerds funny using long words I don't understand".

 

[Ted Striker]

I may find the Big Bang Theory vaguely amusing, but I also think it's essentially dodgy, especially in its portrayal of Raj and Howard, which borders on racism and anti-semitism at times.

http://butmyopinionisright.tumblr.com/post/31079561065/the-problem-with-the-big-bang-theory

" The Big Bang Theory is the worst kind of bully – the one that pretends to be your friend and then takes the piss out of you behind your back."

I don't think he could mis judge it any more. I don't know any non-geek-sympathetic types that would give it the time of day (or at least appreciate as much as common or garden nerds...)...its a program about 'us geeks' laughing at ourselves, much like Friends was about mor 20-30 somethings doing the same.

I can stretch to the Howard an Raj thing, but its all so charachatured I'm not sure it can gey too much credence. I can imagine thats called the "Jim Davidsin" defence in some minds tho

 

[gentlegreen]

I was very late to it, but once I got it, it soon made me think of Urbanz - albeit a bit edited and polished and integrated into 30 minute stories.

 

[Casually Red]

I may find the Big Bang Theory vaguely amusing, but I also think it's essentially dodgy, especially in its portrayal of Raj and Howard, which borders on racism and anti-semitism at times.
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i think thats much too oversensitive . The USA is a lot more multicultural than britian and taking the piss out of each others stereotypes in a non nasty manner is par for the course. WASP culture gets its fair share of digs as well .

 

[D'wards]

I may find the Big Bang Theory vaguely amusing, but I also think it's essentially dodgy, especially in its portrayal of Raj and Howard, which borders on racism and anti-semitism at times.

http://butmyopinionisright.tumblr.com/post/31079561065/the-problem-with-the-big-bang-theory

" The Big Bang Theory is the worst kind of bully – the one that pretends to be your friend and then takes the piss out of you behind your back."

If they have Indians or Jews on the writing or production team the it is okay i think.

Its like Family Guy - i would hope a lot of the writers are Jewish or else its just offensive.

Reminds me of my favourite line in The Simpsons, where Krusty finds out he's not actually Jewish. "This morning i was a self-hating Jew and now i'm just an anti-semite"

 

[spring-peeper]

If they have Indians or Jews on the writing or production team the it is okay i think.

Its like Family Guy - i would hope a lot of the writers are Jewish or else its just offensive.

Reminds me of my favourite line in The Simpsons, where Krusty finds out he's not actually Jewish. "This morning i was a self-hating Jew and now i'm just an anti-semite"

I'm not understanding this properly. It's not offensive if they have ethnic writers????

 

[D'wards]

I'm not understanding this properly. It's not offensive if they have ethnic writers????

No. "You can't use that word. That's our word" style.

 

[spring-peeper]

No. "You can't use that word. That's our word" style.

I'm still confused. Am I supposed to google and research the ethnicity of those involved in the writing and production of a show to decide whether or not I should be offended?

 

[D'wards]

I'm still confused. Am I supposed to google and research the ethnicity of those involved in the writing and production of a show to decide whether or not I should be offended?

It would help.

Would a white comedian be able to do Chris Rock's "Black People vs Niggers" routine?
Or a black comedian be able to do Jackie Mason's gags?
Or even a scouser to Micky Flanagan's cockney walk stuff?

 

[gentlegreen]

Are we saying that the ethnically Jewish and Indian actors who are playing to stereotypes have no choice in the matter ?