Monday, December 12, 2011

Why do people always complain about men being stupid on t.v?

I saw a bunch of questions on here like that. People whining about how men are made out to be dumb and lazy and women are made out to be control freaks. Don't you people realize that these character types have existed for a really really long time? I'm talking over 2000 years here. This was in the greeks time. Now I don't remember who invented these characters exactly but I know they exist. The father is foolish, the mother is nagging and controling, the son is dumb, the daughter is independent and there's even more character types that go on. Look at any comedy show and tell me that you can't spot these charcters. They don't always exist in the traditional sense either. A show like Friends has characters very close in age but still with those charcter types. Monica is the nagging mother for example, and Joey is the stupid son, despite the two having no biological relation and are the same age. Try to picture Everybody Loves Raymond where Ray is a great husband who listens to everything his wife says, and Debra is the sweet wife that everybody wants. Would it be funny? No. Comedy is all about people misbehaving. If everyone had good qualities, we would have nothing to laugh at. Want to know how I know all this? I know from my drama cl at school. My teacher knows a lot about the history of theatre and is one of the best teachers out there. If your still not convinecd, look up the history of comedy and characters on the internet. I understand if you didn't know any of this but try to see it in a different light rather than what it simply is.

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