I don't know...I wonder sometimes if it's a deliberate attempt to show us the male perception and what's wrong with it. Dr. Horrible desires Penny, but doesn't really see her or he'd realize what she wanted wasn't a "Captain Hammer" or a "Doc Horrible" but Billy. His objectification gets in the way. And aycheb has a point - she's the only one who gets what she wants more or less.
But at the same time...it feels clumsy because I can't quite tell if he's trying to make a point about the trope or just doing it because well it works and is easy to do?
Sometimes with tv writers, I wonder if we (the audience) are reading more brilliance than is actually there because we want it to be. I don't know.
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Date: 2008-07-20 10:43 pm (UTC)But at the same time...it feels clumsy because I can't quite tell if he's trying to make a point about the trope or just doing it because well it works and is easy to do?
Sometimes with tv writers, I wonder if we (the audience) are reading more brilliance than is actually there because we want it to be. I don't know.