Five Things for the First Saturday in January

[scarlettina]

1) twilight2000 held her annual white elephant gift exchange last night. The company, as usual, was quite fine. The gift exchange was, as usual, entertaining. I came home with the lemon of the evening, a doll so ugly that it will not pass "Go" or collect $200; it will go directly to Goodwill. But I'm the only person I know who can go to a White Elephant party

Comments

[mcjulie]

I found the Big Bang Theory essay interesting -- I completely agree with some of his points and disagree on others. Yes, the show is homophobic in that disappointing mainstream way that so many things still are. And yes, its treatment of female characters and nerd sexuality is very problematic. But I thought the show was worse on that score in its first season, and actually improved, as it started to acknowledge that there were girl nerds, and that nerds are, actually, capable of mating successfully, and do it all the time.

My biggest disagreement with him is the issue of viewpoint character. I think Leonard is the primary viewpoint character and Penny is a secondary viewpoint character, which changes the issue of laughing at/laughing with considerably.

But I have to confess I'm not a regular viewer of the show. Much like How I Met Your Mother, I think of it as just a sitcom, but one which is actually funny, as opposed to junk like Two and a Half Men. I might even have loved it back when I was a teenage TV junkie, but I just don't watch TV that way anymore.