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(10-14-2011, 07:19 PM)
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#551
TREAT YO SELF TWO THOUSAND'LEVEN
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"Who said you should help?"
(10-14-2011, 07:30 PM)
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#552
Originally Posted by dead souls:
I also love how much Leslie understands Ron. She just "gets" him. Same with the birthday. It's fantastic. |
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(10-14-2011, 07:34 PM)
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#554
The best part is Ben with the acupuncture.
"This is the most stressed out I've ever been in my life" lol |
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(10-14-2011, 08:04 PM)
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#555
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(10-14-2011, 08:05 PM)
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#556
Originally Posted by Korey:
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"Who said you should help?"
(10-14-2011, 08:09 PM)
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#557
Originally Posted by BenjaminBirdie:
Retta is extremely talented - I'm so happy they're using her more. She's a great asset to the show in an already incredible ensemble. |
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(10-15-2011, 03:01 AM)
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#558
Originally Posted by BenjaminBirdie:
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(10-16-2011, 07:52 PM)
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#566
Originally Posted by ivysaur12:
I think they went a tad bit overboard with Ben's nerdiness this week. |
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listen to the madman
(10-16-2011, 07:57 PM)
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#567
Originally Posted by ivysaur12:
The episode involves Leslie squaring off against Ron. Leslie is the leader of the Pawnee Goddesses because the Rangers did not admit girls, and Leslie was mad about that. This would logically suggest that Ron, as a Rangers leader, would be against admitting girls, thus making him the "bad guy". But right from the onset, even when she's arguing with him about her group being better, we know that Ron has nothing against girls being in the Rangers. He values strength, and we know from his mother and his relationship with Leslie that he readily admits that there are strong women. We hear it again in the episode; first, Ron saying he respects strong women, and second when everyone is indoors and Ron is still camping out, and then finally when Leslie starts up the Swansons. I thought that was more nuance than most shows would do. I also think one of the reasons why they did this is because they didn't want Ron to be a bad guy, so the central conflict had to be over something that we would emphasize with Ron at least a little bit. It would also be hard to believe that Leslie, as a person who clearly has feminism and gender identity as important aspects of her personality, could even respect Ron on a basic level if he was openly sexist. The episode wasn't fantastic to me, but I really liked this element.
Originally Posted by BertramCooper:
The writing staff of the Office have made the same mistake with Oscar. Throughout the show, Oscar was a level headed intelligent guy who would frequently correct the dumber characters on their idiocy. In "Art Show", there's a brief glimpse of him being a bit of a snob, but basically he's not shown to be abhorrently snotty or rude and we don't see him condescending. Then they had an episode where they openly acknowledge that Oscar has a reputation for being a know-it-all. And now they have a bunch of bad forced scenes where Oscar acts like a know-it-all, and there's been multiple times where he's been wrong about things and truly an egghead jerk. It's a mistake to think that everyone has to be broad and physical and funny all the time. Having a person to serve as a comic foil or straight man is a good thing.
Last edited by Stumpokapow; 10-16-2011 at 08:03 PM.
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(10-20-2011, 07:12 PM)
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#578
- Here's a clip from next week's episode via EW.com *spoilers*
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(10-20-2011, 08:15 PM)
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#580
- One more clip: BuddyTV with a compilation of Mouse Rat scenes
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(10-26-2011, 03:13 PM)
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