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fandomsecrets2012-09-01 03:47 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-09-01 03:47 pm
[ SECRET POST #2069 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2069 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Important: I'm really sorry about this, but I accidentally clicked the wrong thing and deleted the submission post from last week instead of saving it. Managed to save the first page (25) of secrets, but the rest (a bit over 100) are gone.
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Re: OP
The laugh track in the show is... really don't know how to describe it. It's really funny that you say "the laugh track gives us the clue that we should laugh" because while I was watching Season 2 (the one I started with) at least twice an episode, Sheldon would say something, and I'd think "Yeah, that's what I was thinking" or "I can understand that" (when he'd explain why he did/said something or "That's true/he makes a good point". Then the laugh track would sound, and I'd be like "what about that was funny?"
One example of this was when Sheldon was attempting trash talk with "your mother's fat", and later added that if her weight was because of genetics, not lifestyle, he apologizes and rescinds the insult. "That was kind and thoughtful of him" is what I thought, and Raj asked what difference it made and that "fat is fat", to which Sheldon replied "Hey, there are limits". And the laugh track. I still don't understand what's funny about that in the same way I wouldn't understand if the laugh track came after someone saying "take an umbrella; it looks like rain". I mean, if you think about it for two seconds, he has a point. It's like... "Ha ha, bald people! ... Ha, ha, check out that bald guy! Oh man, and look at that one! Oh, no wait, don't make fun of him, he has leukemia, that's not cool." Common sense things that aren't about any "social cause" or whatever, but "it's just basic human decency".
So I don't know if I should feel mocked, or like it's a learning experience, or sad because this is what passes for pop comedy, or if I should be learning from this. Most of the time, I try not to think about it, because constantly IRL, I say something that's met with a confusing, completely unexpected reaction. I'm not trying to say I'm "just like Sheldon", I'm saying that it's a trait in a character that hits close to home.