I warmed up to BBT after watching Young Sheldon. all the criticisms of BBT still stand but for some reason I just wasn't miserable watching it. had a few laughs even.
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big bang theory is about what dumb people think smart people are like.
apologies for the pixels, I stole it from reddit
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I watched one random episode of BBT after it was recommended to me by a few people. That one episode was enough for me to decide that I never want to see that show again, and also that I should disregard all recommendations from the people who said I should watch it.
The laugh track alone is enough evidence
IT Crowd also has a laugh track.
It tends to use it after actual jokes though.
IT crowd was filmed in front of an audience.
There is a laughtrack in IT Crowd too...
I watched a scene where someone posted it without the laugh track and it was super cringey. Semi-related note.. Taking the laugh track out of BBT ruins it, but taking Garfield out of Garfield comics takes it to a new level, see here -> https://garfieldminusgarfield.net/
I do prefer the Realfield edits, that replace Garfield with a normal cat.
Gives mire crazy cat guy than mental illness vibes.
Taking the laugh track out of anything ruins it. You are replacing laughter with dead air.
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If I had to rate the IT crowd out of ten, I'd give it 01189998819991197253
No explanation necessary:
If he's low masking, how did he just have a chat about that ludicrous display last night?
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The Big Bang Theory was frustratingly bad.
Saw a critic call it, “Nerd blackface”
IT crowd is about nerds for nerds. Big Bang theory is about nerds for non nerds. "Nerd blackface" is more succinct though.
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Because, similar to blackface in its time, people love to point and laugh at exaggerated caricatures of something different from themselves.
And CBS airs lowest common denominator garbage that the masses devour.
The term you're looking for is minstrel shows https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show
BBT is a minstrel show to humiliate smart people, anti intelligence sentiment is high in America
I've always saw BBT as just a way to re-normalize making fun of neurodivergant people.
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British humour is infinitely funnier than the laugh track pandering American sitcoms.
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It’s cuz they work as a team. An IT team. Team, team, team. Team players, each and every one.
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