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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6121071" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>1) Re: Basil Fawlty- AFAIK, he was a characature of Torquay hotelier Donald William Sinclair, according to John Cleese and Michael Palin.</p><p></p><p>2) shows like Big Bang Theory should be welcomed, even if you don't like them. Yeah, stereotypical geeks get made fun of...just like other stereotypical subcultures get lampooned in sitcoms. That is a natural evolution of comedic stereotypes of subcultures...at least in American media. They start off cruel and insulting, then as time goes by, they more closely resemble the comedic roles of the majority culture. Hispanics, Women, Blacks, Jews, Gays, Native Americans- each group has undergone a period of insulting comedic depictions <em>exclusively</em>, to having comedic roles shown that are no different than those open to their Caucasian counterparts.</p><p></p><p>But part of that equality also means that the other roles are still there...because they're there for the Caucasians as well. If the only comedic roles for Blacks were like the Huxtables, but none of the fools, that would be just as bad as when Blacks could <em>only</em> be fools. Because that would mean we couldn't take a joke.</p><p></p><p>So, even though I don't watch the show, I am glad BBT is on the air and popular. (And, FWIW, I do know guys who strongly resemble those characters...and some of them are fans of the show.)</p><p></p><p>I don't think anyone here- or indeed, any of the show's fans- believe hat all geeks are like the ones on BBT. BBT is just the big dog on the block as far as geek-centric comedies go. Cruise deep cable, and you'll find others out there, possibly more in keeping with <strong>your </strong>concept of what geeky comedies should be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6121071, member: 19675"] 1) Re: Basil Fawlty- AFAIK, he was a characature of Torquay hotelier Donald William Sinclair, according to John Cleese and Michael Palin. 2) shows like Big Bang Theory should be welcomed, even if you don't like them. Yeah, stereotypical geeks get made fun of...just like other stereotypical subcultures get lampooned in sitcoms. That is a natural evolution of comedic stereotypes of subcultures...at least in American media. They start off cruel and insulting, then as time goes by, they more closely resemble the comedic roles of the majority culture. Hispanics, Women, Blacks, Jews, Gays, Native Americans- each group has undergone a period of insulting comedic depictions [I]exclusively[/I], to having comedic roles shown that are no different than those open to their Caucasian counterparts. But part of that equality also means that the other roles are still there...because they're there for the Caucasians as well. If the only comedic roles for Blacks were like the Huxtables, but none of the fools, that would be just as bad as when Blacks could [I]only[/I] be fools. Because that would mean we couldn't take a joke. So, even though I don't watch the show, I am glad BBT is on the air and popular. (And, FWIW, I do know guys who strongly resemble those characters...and some of them are fans of the show.) I don't think anyone here- or indeed, any of the show's fans- believe hat all geeks are like the ones on BBT. BBT is just the big dog on the block as far as geek-centric comedies go. Cruise deep cable, and you'll find others out there, possibly more in keeping with [B]your [/B]concept of what geeky comedies should be. [/QUOTE]
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