Mine are Charley Witherspoon, Stuart (PC’s pre- and post-Judah assistant), and Mikaela (PC’s adoption counselor)
THEY’RE ALL SO TERRIBLE AT THEIR JOBS! THEY DRIVE ME NUTS! THEY’RE INCOMPETENT TO THEIR CORE!
Mine are Charley Witherspoon, Stuart (PC’s pre- and post-Judah assistant), and Mikaela (PC’s adoption counselor)
THEY’RE ALL SO TERRIBLE AT THEIR JOBS! THEY DRIVE ME NUTS! THEY’RE INCOMPETENT TO THEIR CORE!
The clown dentist thing was insufferable. And I didn’t care about his chair drone.
But worse he gets a pass and no one ever nails him for how he created a sexual predator CEO and even darker turning the Cabracadabra concept upside down for profit.
Still his character is important as a commentary on white male privilege where he’s likable and success is ridiculously easy for him while he’s basically clueless about the impact of his privilege. The funniest line is when he meets another celebrity couch surfer and we realize there’s more of him out there.
If Todd were a commentary on white male privilege he would be a really shitty one, that’s not how privilege works. Todd is just a goofy character, it’s a comedy show, it seems to me like people are way too intent on taking ridiculous stuff like Henry Fondle as like a deep indictment of his character.
You might want to rewatch with different eyes. This is very clearly there and not a “shitty” commentary at all but actually a very adroit skillful commentary on it. It’s not “over analysis” just because you don’t get it.
Yeah it’s not overanalysis, it’s bad analysis. There was one joke in one episode about Todd getting away with things because he’s white, it’s not some kind of thesis statement for his character. None of the rest of what he does makes sense as a commentary on white privilege. If his character were meant to be all about white privilege, which it isn’t, it would be saying that white people can get away with anything without ever experiencing any consequences, which would make it bad, ham-fisted commentary.
I know that people say you can’t analyze comedy, and that’s not true. However, you have to do so while acknowledging that it’s comedy. When Todd opens a dangerous unlicensed theme park that risks a bunch of people’s lives, it’s not the same as if a character in a non comedic show did the same thing, because the fact that it’s a joke changes the way it’s presented and the way it should be interpreted.
Lmao just because you initially completely missed it whoosh! and haven’t wrapped your mind around it yet doesn’t make it “bad analysis.” It just means you missed it and from your own words it sounds like you have an overly narrow definition of what white privilege is and what it looks like beyond your narrow understanding of it. It’s all through out with his character not just the one time they explicitly mentioned it. Sorry you missed it but you might want to actually rewatch it with this in mind rather than deflecting.