Two and a Half Men = bad RP
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I like Two and a Half Men. I know it's not Good TV, but I enjoy it. It makes great background noise and it's even better when I actually watch it.
I couldn't care less how actors behave off the set. Drugs, prostitutes, religion, wearing books on their heads, whatever they do is fine and dandy with me, so long as they show up to their jobs on time and can act. For those who don't know, Charlie Sheen and the producer of Two and a Half Men had a very big, very in-the-public-eye fight. One quit and the other fired him, so this season Charlie (the character and the actor) is off the show.
The new season started last night, with Ashton Kutcher in the new lead role. I could accept that. I knew I wouldn't like it, Charlie (the character) was why I watched the show, but sometimes things happen RL and shows need to replace characters.
I have big, big, big issues with how it was done in this case. Charlie (the actor) and the producer had major battles, ended up hating each other. And, like bad RP, that very much showed in last night's episode:
Charlie (the character) died in the show, so that the producer could make sure that the actor never returned. The show opened with his funeral. His immediate family and friends were. No one was unhappy. Even his mother didn't care. At best, the characters said nothing, but most of those attending (women he had previously slept with) cat-called during it. None of what happened made sense. Charlie had a stalker, and the stalker killed him. Everyone knew this, the family included. And yet the stalker sat right next to the family and no one had a single issue with her.
Next scene, in Charlie's old house. His brother has Charlie's ashes. I knew off the bat that he was going to end up dropping them, and of course he did. And then for the rest of the scene, people walked through the ashes. And later in the ep? They kept mentioning that the brother's ashes were still in the Dustbuster. And no one had issues with this.
It was just so clear that the producer's "OOC" (RL) feelings were being made clear through the show. Add on top of it that everything felt so mean... (And felt nothing like the previous show at all.) And biggest sin of all? It wasn't even funny.
I had no wishes either way for the show before I saw this episode, but now I'm hoping it crashes and burns. Mr. Producer, whoever you are, you fired the actor. Did you really have to be a big bully as well?
I like Two and a Half Men. I know it's not Good TV, but I enjoy it. It makes great background noise and it's even better when I actually watch it.
I couldn't care less how actors behave off the set. Drugs, prostitutes, religion, wearing books on their heads, whatever they do is fine and dandy with me, so long as they show up to their jobs on time and can act. For those who don't know, Charlie Sheen and the producer of Two and a Half Men had a very big, very in-the-public-eye fight. One quit and the other fired him, so this season Charlie (the character and the actor) is off the show.
The new season started last night, with Ashton Kutcher in the new lead role. I could accept that. I knew I wouldn't like it, Charlie (the character) was why I watched the show, but sometimes things happen RL and shows need to replace characters.
I have big, big, big issues with how it was done in this case. Charlie (the actor) and the producer had major battles, ended up hating each other. And, like bad RP, that very much showed in last night's episode:
Charlie (the character) died in the show, so that the producer could make sure that the actor never returned. The show opened with his funeral. His immediate family and friends were. No one was unhappy. Even his mother didn't care. At best, the characters said nothing, but most of those attending (women he had previously slept with) cat-called during it. None of what happened made sense. Charlie had a stalker, and the stalker killed him. Everyone knew this, the family included. And yet the stalker sat right next to the family and no one had a single issue with her.
Next scene, in Charlie's old house. His brother has Charlie's ashes. I knew off the bat that he was going to end up dropping them, and of course he did. And then for the rest of the scene, people walked through the ashes. And later in the ep? They kept mentioning that the brother's ashes were still in the Dustbuster. And no one had issues with this.
It was just so clear that the producer's "OOC" (RL) feelings were being made clear through the show. Add on top of it that everything felt so mean... (And felt nothing like the previous show at all.) And biggest sin of all? It wasn't even funny.
I had no wishes either way for the show before I saw this episode, but now I'm hoping it crashes and burns. Mr. Producer, whoever you are, you fired the actor. Did you really have to be a big bully as well?
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Date: 2011-09-21 12:16 am (UTC)It reminds me a lot of a scene that I saw in "MASH" once.
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Date: 2011-09-21 08:01 am (UTC)I don't blame him for being angry with Charlie Sheen. Sheen certainly had his shares of issues and it is hard to say to what extent did his personal issues affect his work. But for Lorre to take out his frustrations on the character seems silly and even childish.
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Date: 2011-09-21 03:42 pm (UTC)But for Lorre to take out his frustrations on the character seems silly and even childish.
Childish was exactly how it felt to me, too. Lorre "won", he got Sheen off the show, did he need to do that to the character, too?