Natalie Portman - Scientist

Re:Natalie Portman - Scientist by burgerbrain on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @01:27PM (#2276555)

On the other hand, I'm completely unamazed that a show that reinforces negative geek stereotypes while passing itself off as an accurate and fair representation is incredibly popular.

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Re:Natalie Portman - Scientist by potatolicious on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @01:35PM (#2276592)

> "while passing itself off as an accurate and fair representation"

... Wait, what? You know you're talking about a sitcom, right? The whole point of the show is to be ridiculous for laughs.

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Re:Natalie Portman - Scientist by burgerbrain on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @01:47PM (#2276647)

I'm referring to the GPs attitude towards the show. Despite the near constant stream of jokes at geeks expense, people still somehow think it isn't making fun of geeks.

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Re:Natalie Portman - Scientist by mbreese on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @03:17PM (#2277005)

It's a sitcom. That's what they do... don't take it so seriously.

My point was that people other than traditional 'geeks' find the show amusing. They get the humor. Geek-culture has gone mainstream.

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Re:Natalie Portman - Scientist by scott_s on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @03:37PM (#2277088)

I don't think that's accurate. They're laughing at us, not with us. They don't need to understand "geek-culture" to laugh at us. We just need to be different.

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Re:Natalie Portman - Scientist by ShardPhoenix on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @10:24PM (#2278324)

Sheldon is actually played in a pretty high-status way, despite his quirks.

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