Yeah, compassionate and empathetic… until someone likes her despite her weight gain, at which point you sneer at that character and refer to them derisively as a “chubby-chaser.” That’s how you show compassion and empathy?
The pose they’re doing isn’t natural though, based on how often it’s done by so many people. How many of your friends make that exact gesture in nearly every short conversation, the way these people do? Multiple times in less than a minute of conversation is anything but natural.
Why don’t you want to overcome a flaw? Is it just too difficult to show acceptance rather than judgment towards others? Or do you just look down on others so much that you’d rather be a jerk than anything else?
And you’re aware that a person is more than their body type, right? Or does Tiffany suddenly lose all rights to empathy and compassion after gaining weight? Is a woman only worth the erection she causes in you?
Walt’s continued presence is an indictment of the strip and its universe. Writing him out and moving on to the next generation would be the bravest and most commendable move the strip has made in decades. But as we all know, newspaper comics are where artistic passion goes to die. Here it’s all about maintaining the lowest level of mediocrity possible: just enough quality to avoid cancellation.
At least it’s not copying Blondie where Dagwood gives a dumbfounded stare at the 4th wall so we all know that a punchline has been uttered. It’s as pathetic as Jen Bush’s “please clap” during his failed presidential campaign.
Comedy writers take note: if you have to indicate when to laugh, then the joke wasn’t very good. At least a laugh track has an actual purpose besides just that (namely, helping a viewer feel like part of an audience and therefore more comfortable overall in the viewing experience.)
Nancy didn’t raise Luann (and Brad) to be terrible.
She raised them to be incapable of sustaining themselves as adults. They were both doomed to waste their lives away as bumps on a log, no ambition to do more than the bare minimum and lets their parents spend the rest of their lives coddling them. It took 9/11 to motivate Brad to better himself; I shudder to think of what it will take for Luann.
I’m skeptical of your claim, mainly because “declare” has two syllables and Joel has a malapropism every other syllable without fail. I refuse to believe he pronounces that word correctly.
Yeah, we all have our base flaws. But we’re supposed to try and overcome them (or at least have the decency to be ashamed of them). Not boast of them like they’re green flags instead of red.
Once you notice (or have pointed out to you) that ridiculous “hands up in the air” pose, it’s tough to ignore afterward. It’s just so unnatural looking and yet the characters all constantly do it at the slightest prompting.
Yeah, compassionate and empathetic… until someone likes her despite her weight gain, at which point you sneer at that character and refer to them derisively as a “chubby-chaser.” That’s how you show compassion and empathy?