Fallout 4 Free Christmas "DLC" and "Maggie" Review (SBU Podcast)
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A review of the zombie drama "Maggie", info about some free Fallout 4 Christmas music "DLC", and how geeks can develop "thankfulness".
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Wow Paeter. I'm kind of surprised that you thought Chiana seducing a teenage boy was so...acceptable. There's off-color behavior, and then there's being a sex offender. Would this be funny or cool if a man in his mid-to-late twenties saw a fifteen year old girl, thought she was hot, knew she was hormonal, and said "ka-ching". The fact that this is in-character for Chiana just shows why, at least to me, she's forever to be known as 'Monkeyslut'.
ReplyDeleteSwapping sexes would make it far less likely to be funny for me, but I think it's apples and oranges a bit there. The typical strength difference between male and female and the lack of biological "interest" required on the part of a woman for a man to still "get what he wants" from the experience make it less likely that both parties are willing. So yeah, anything that could feel remotely like rape would suck the funny out of the scene. But both of these stupid kids (John and Chiana) were willingly being foolish. And since it's fiction the writers can ensure that any real-world negative consequences magically never happen.
DeleteI wouldn't say I found it "acceptable". I thought it was funny for its irony and outrageousness in the same way that shockingly foolish/poor choices are funny in many comedies. And the entire cast of characters are constantly making outlandishly poor moral decisions which are usually played for comedy. So I suppose I'd recommend a different show if that kind of humor is likely to evoke frustration.
I think that crosses a line when you're molesting a minor, no matter how horny he is.
DeleteAnd I think that's where the topic appropriately rabbit trails into the difference and overlap between biblical/moral law and governmental laws.
ReplyDeleteUsing the words "molesting" and "minor" evokes a sense of one person taking advantage of an innocent. And legally, that's what's happening here in the U.S. setting of the story. And don't get me wrong, I think the lack of maturity in us as Americans makes those laws good!
But those laws are in place to protect the innocent, not universally and unerringly define at what point chronologically we all become capable of make our own decisions. In another country and/or time, these two "kids" would be considered adults and could be married. And to my knowledge no law in the Bible would prohibit a 16-year old male (possibly even younger) from becoming married.
Don't get me wrong, I squirmed even while I laughed at the outrageous nature of the situation. But given that I saw young John as old enough to know right from wrong and recognized the writers would magically spare him of any emotional scarring or other real-world consequences of this kind of scenario, and given that the tone was going for laughs... for me it all added up to something that, yes, was weird and a bit uncomfortable, but that I still found funny. All that said, I still can definitely understand why it would bother a number of viewers. Sometimes I think those Aussies just like to push the envelope and in the process they inevitably will rub people the wrong way. (They've rubbed me the wrong way too in other instances on Farscape.) So the show definitely is not for everyone.
Well said, Paeter!
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