Just saw a scene of Young Sheldon on TV where Sheldons mom was crying because she miscarried Sheldons younger sibling. Just straight up doing | || || |_
Just saw a scene of Young Sheldon on TV where Sheldons mom was crying because she miscarried Sheldons younger sibling. Just straight up doing | || || |_
Isn't all network TV basically just that comic? Just shoving hamfisted and emotionally heavy stuff at the viewer and going "do you feel something yet you hog?"
Too much TV is this now.
I can't remember what the original was about but I recall someone quoting it in regard to Star Trek: Discovery: "The characters cried more than I did". There's literally a whole episode (the first part of season 2 finale) where the whole thing is just characters meeting other characters and then crying about how sad they are. Characters I don't like and don't know.
There's so much media that tries to weighty and emotional and none of it lands because it's unearned or inappropriate.
When I genuinely felt sad that characters in DS9 were moving on with their lives I wasn't sad because people were giving big speeches on screen and blabbing lines through snot and tears, but because I actually liked the characters.
Everything is written backwards now. Happened with GoT too. Epic moments, meme lines, and the story are happening whether it makes logical sense for these characters or not.
Get outta the way tone, characters, and themes, the story's coming through!!! HONK HONK OUTTA THE WAY!!! WE NEED THIS QUOTE UPLOADED IN GIF FORM FOR TWITTER ONE MINUTE AFTER IT AIRS!!! EAT THE SLOP PIGGIES.
On CBS?
Yes
I mean, its supposed to be Slice Of Life. And miscarriages are common, particularly in older women. Doing an episode about a miscarriage isn't any more weird than an episode about the death of a grandparent or a parent losing their job or a sibling getting bit by a dog. I could name at least four women I know, off-hand, who have had miscarriages, in the last five years. Doing a show about it is fine.
Also, The Comic was notable because of how unexpectedly good it was within the general context of the material. CTRL+ALT+DEL was notorious for its Wall-of-Text style, juvenile humor, casual misogyny, and trivialization of cruelty. The Comic was such a radical break from all of this that it kinda slapped you in the face and said "Look! Web Comics Don't Need To Suck!"
Big Bang Theory was in the style of C+A+D. It sucked for all the same reasons. So if Young Sheldon has moved away from that slimy, cheesy, ugly entertainment, that's good aktuly.