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Post by Susan "Poison" Candy on Jul 12, 2020 23:21:38 GMT -5
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Post by greyfmdan on Jul 12, 2020 23:32:56 GMT -5
I think Disney didn't like the idea of an antagonist being poor as they felt it would make him sympathetic, ignoring the fact that people have used poverty as a reason for people being antagonistic. So, considering they had the tried and true method of "wealth = bad" (ironic given who they are), they made him rich to justify his conduct. I might be wrong, but didn't the Disney version actually tone down his antagonistic relation with Doug a bit? Not making them friends as such, but not as bad as previous. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the Nick version (I’ve watched a couple Disney eps on D+), but I think you’re right. As to the issue of Roger having money... IIRC, they never really played up that he was poor on the Nick eps anyway. His trailer park life was touched on a few times but never really more than that. I’m thinking it was really played up more in the Disney era, because he suddenly had this rags-to-riches backstory. |
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Post by agent817 on Jul 13, 2020 1:10:04 GMT -5
I might be wrong, but didn't the Disney version actually tone down his antagonistic relation with Doug a bit? Not making them friends as such, but not as bad as previous. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the Nick version (I’ve watched a couple Disney eps on D+), but I think you’re right. As to the issue of Roger having money... IIRC, they never really played up that he was poor on the Nick eps anyway. His trailer park life was touched on a few times but never really more than that. I’m thinking it was really played up more in the Disney era, because he suddenly had this rags-to-riches backstory. In the end, one antagonist was that character named Guy, who was more of a rival to Doug. He was also editor for the school newspaper. |
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Post by Susan "Poison" Candy on Jul 13, 2020 2:49:14 GMT -5
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Jul 13, 2020 12:51:40 GMT -5
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Post by Susan "Poison" Candy on Jul 13, 2020 21:34:54 GMT -5
Doug stars in Caligula or he becomes Hedonism Boy |
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