I just don't understand the show. My family watches it religiously so
I've been sucked in, but I still catch myself from entering the clan of
the devout fans. I just can't help but realize that none of these
people are functioning human beings aside from Leonard and Penny. Even then...those two characters have such pitiful existences. Penny is a failing actress who hangs out with people who are so far out of her normal social circle, that she clearly must be SOOOO INDEPENDENT AND QUIRKY. Leonard is cool though. He does what he loves, and has normal social anxieties, and an overbearing mother. He's like me....but with a PhD.
All of these
characters are just so socially inept that I feel uncomfortable being
around them (except Leonard and Penny). Howard is just on the verge of
being a sexual criminal, Raj is has some sort of mental disease and
Sheldon is just a egotisical sociopath. Sheldon literally does not care
about anyone around him...ever. Not even this cast of people...the only
people who love him for whatever reason. I could understand Leonard
wanting to hang around these guys because he grew up with them. They
were his friends for the longest time and so no amount of awkwardness
could break their bonds of brotherhood, but that just sucks for Leonard. The one thing I never quite
understood was Penny.
Penny is a completely normal,
functional, young woman. Can't she find better friends than these guys
and her two "girlfriends" Bernadette and Amy? These people literally
have no social tact and they're so obviously made to be unattractive. Bernadette is nice but she doesn't get enough time on screen. I've never known such a
hot girl to hang out or sleep with such a crew. Her ex boyfriends
seemed like more fun than this cast. I just find it highly unrealistic.
Penny...go
out and get some better friends and stop sleeping with the faculty of
some unknown university. Broaden your horizons and get some new friends
who share common goals and interests so this show can finally make
sense. And Leonard...keep doing you. You're alright by me. Thanks/
You have read my mind. I do not get this show at all. I have tried to watch it a few times and I just find it irritating. And what's funny is, I am a physicist. I know what it is like to be around people like this for an extended period of time.
ReplyDeletePeople like it because when they watch it, they like to think of themselves as the way you describe Penny: independent and quirky. They either laugh at science-related jokes that they don't understand. Or they laugh at how socially unacceptable the intelligent characters are.
But really the underlying premise seems to be that smart people are freaks. The writers figure that this attractive woman hanging out with them is the punchline, fortified by the idiosyncrasies of, what I feel, is a group of unlikable characters.