I guess this series was not made for me, and I also never cared much for the socially oblivious Sheldon in BBT.
However I've ALWAYS been fascinated with brilliant/genius people which is how I came to watch this show in the first place. I feel like I have something to learn by watching them in action, they often possess a way of approaching a given subject that is unique and fast tracked, it can be exhilarating!
But having grown up with a father who had an elephants memory and a brilliant engineering mind, I also came to see how a good number of brilliant people are very flawed, they emphasize what they're good at and meanwhile ignore or simply don't see/ are incapable of appreciating things that aren't on their advanced critical thinking wavelength. Being around someone with a superiority complex/advanced narcissism is not fun!
So while I'm always looking for brilliance in others, I've got few illusions that they are necessarily good, kind, considerate people, IOW, low EQ.
I guess me watching this show is more reflective of me, that I would actively, intensely dislike the stuffy know-it-all twit that is young Sheldon as he was portrayed by this actor and with these producers.
As far as I'm concerned it's more the producers and director giving into the easy portrayal/stereotype of this young genius being such a clueless narcissist. I didn't find it entertaining and there are better ways of portraying a socially ignorant young genius, this seemed very 2 dimensional, like his acting. But again, this is on the producers and directors, that they chose this wooden actor in the first place and then directed him to be so stilted. I would not have green lit this project as it was, but apparently plenty of people liked the show overall, with a 7/10 rating.
Which was funny, cause I thought the rest of the show was on the charming side, i'd give it at least a 6.5/10 rating. I have never see anything depicting Texan culture in the 70's in a religious household, that's unique, and every actor other than young sheldon made for a lightly entertaining sit-com, reminiscent of shows from the 80s and 90s. Not usually my thing, but for some reason I still don't understand I didn't give up on this show and watched it all the way thru. They did make it easy to digest, 20m episodes, and pretty light fare.
I esp enjoyed Missy and Georgie and MeeMaw and the little funny professor guy. Sign of the times I suppose, that no one in that family was worried about the dad's health!
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However I've ALWAYS been fascinated with brilliant/genius people which is how I came to watch this show in the first place. I feel like I have something to learn by watching them in action, they often possess a way of approaching a given subject that is unique and fast tracked, it can be exhilarating!
But having grown up with a father who had an elephants memory and a brilliant engineering mind, I also came to see how a good number of brilliant people are very flawed, they emphasize what they're good at and meanwhile ignore or simply don't see/ are incapable of appreciating things that aren't on their advanced critical thinking wavelength. Being around someone with a superiority complex/advanced narcissism is not fun!
So while I'm always looking for brilliance in others, I've got few illusions that they are necessarily good, kind, considerate people, IOW, low EQ.
I guess me watching this show is more reflective of me, that I would actively, intensely dislike the stuffy know-it-all twit that is young Sheldon as he was portrayed by this actor and with these producers.
As far as I'm concerned it's more the producers and director giving into the easy portrayal/stereotype of this young genius being such a clueless narcissist. I didn't find it entertaining and there are better ways of portraying a socially ignorant young genius, this seemed very 2 dimensional, like his acting. But again, this is on the producers and directors, that they chose this wooden actor in the first place and then directed him to be so stilted. I would not have green lit this project as it was, but apparently plenty of people liked the show overall, with a 7/10 rating.
Which was funny, cause I thought the rest of the show was on the charming side, i'd give it at least a 6.5/10 rating. I have never see anything depicting Texan culture in the 70's in a religious household, that's unique, and every actor other than young sheldon made for a lightly entertaining sit-com, reminiscent of shows from the 80s and 90s. Not usually my thing, but for some reason I still don't understand I didn't give up on this show and watched it all the way thru. They did make it easy to digest, 20m episodes, and pretty light fare.
I esp enjoyed Missy and Georgie and MeeMaw and the little funny professor guy. Sign of the times I suppose, that no one in that family was worried about the dad's health!
<<< Note to editors: I looked thru this and don't see any profanity or offensive words. Twit? That's in common usage>>>
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