How do you feel about how the characters were displayed?

~~Leo656~~ · 01-26-2014, 01:37 AM

Mikey long ago got dealt the "Eternally Comic Relief" card. Sustained character development simply isn't allowed when status quo dictates most of a show's "comedy" revolves around "How many jokes about a character 'getting dropped on his head as a baby' can we make?"

See also: Daffy Duck, Uncle Joey from "Full House", Cody from "Step By Step"... when the series bible describes a character as "Lovable Idiot", that's all they're ever going to be.

The best one can ever hope for with any of these characters is for those few episodes where they're treated more like a savant, and less like someone who ought to still be dabbling in finger-paints. They haven't yet found a good balance with Mikey but I doubt they ever will. For the writers, it's his sole identifying trait. Take that away and he's just a watered-down version of the others.

It's one of the problems with "group" shows in general. Everyone HAS to be a "type" and stay that way, or else they're not unique.

01-26-2014, 01:37 AM	#16
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Mikey long ago got dealt the "Eternally Comic Relief" card. Sustained character development simply isn't allowed when status quo dictates most of a show's "comedy" revolves around "How many jokes about a character 'getting dropped on his head as a baby' can we make?" See also: Daffy Duck, Uncle Joey from "Full House", Cody from "Step By Step"... when the series bible describes a character as "Lovable Idiot", that's all they're ever going to be. The best one can ever hope for with any of these characters is for those few episodes where they're treated more like a savant, and less like someone who ought to still be dabbling in finger-paints. They haven't yet found a good balance with Mikey but I doubt they ever will. For the writers, it's his sole identifying trait. Take that away and he's just a watered-down version of the others. It's one of the problems with "group" shows in general. Everyone HAS to be a "type" and stay that way, or else they're not unique.