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Post by James Fabiano on Sept 30, 2020 13:36:25 GMT -5
Rita and Runt: Booo! I guess even with Broadway still down they couldn't get Bernadette Peters back for some new material. Guessing it has more to do with Runt pretty much being a Rain Man parody, and that's definitely more frowned upon in 2020 Definitely, definitely. I guess they could cut out Runt's "autistic" elements if they wanted to. Other than the Hoffman imitation, Runt really didn't do anything that made him act like he was on the spectrum or provide a bad image of someone on the spectrum. So...are the Goodfeathers cancelled for being Italian stereotypes? Slappy for stereotyping elderly people? Katie Kaboom because blowing up = terrorism? Mindy and Buttons because Buttons took a lot of abuse, and that can be seen as animal abuse? New characters? Hope they aren't Little Britain USA lame.
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Sept 30, 2020 14:26:50 GMT -5
One learns something new everyday.
Always thought that Runt was just the stereotypical dumb dog, never saw anything autistic in his behaviour.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Sept 30, 2020 14:39:29 GMT -5
One learns something new everyday. Always thought that Runt was just the stereotypical dumb dog, never saw anything autistic in his behaviour. he was pretty blatantly a parody of Dustin Hoffman's character in Rain Man. I never saw the movie as a kid and knew that. the Definitely...definitely... speech pattern is directly from it. besides any talk of being potentially offensive... Rain man came out in 1988... how many people watching at this point are even going to recognize it?
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Post by James Fabiano on Sept 30, 2020 14:51:50 GMT -5
One learns something new everyday. Always thought that Runt was just the stereotypical dumb dog, never saw anything autistic in his behaviour. he was pretty blatantly a parody of Dustin Hoffman's character in Rain Man. I never saw the movie as a kid and knew that. the Definitely...definitely... speech pattern is directly from it. besides any talk of being potentially offensive... Rain man came out in 1988... how many people watching at this point are even going to recognize it? And I think that's where "autistic qualities" ends with the character. They can remove that part of his speech pattern if they fear people looking it as a stereotype/dated reference, and the character wouldn't be that different, honestly.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Sept 30, 2020 15:10:12 GMT -5
there was more to it than just the definitely defintely... the entire demeanor of Runt was based on the character.
This is also all speculation as to why it's not there.
IT could have been they couldn't get Bernadette Peters as well.
Or it could be that from my recollection it was one of the lower rated segments on the show.
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Post by eJm on Sept 30, 2020 15:11:58 GMT -5
As someone on the Autistic spectrum, all of this comes off as “Who the f*** cares” to me.
Especially if we’re comparing it to The Goodfeathers who are obvious parodies of, like, three of the biggest movie stars of their era.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Sept 30, 2020 15:20:54 GMT -5
One learns something new everyday. Always thought that Runt was just the stereotypical dumb dog, never saw anything autistic in his behaviour. Same here. Feels like people reading a bit too much into a cartoon dog. Anyways never liked Rita and Runt. Would skip their segments when they aired.
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Post by chrom on Sept 30, 2020 15:25:39 GMT -5
Never thought of him being disabled, just saw him as your average dim witted lovable mutt like Odie
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Post by James Fabiano on Sept 30, 2020 15:39:28 GMT -5
there was more to it than just the definitely defintely... the entire demeanor of Runt was based on the character. This is also all speculation as to why it's not there. IT could have been they couldn't get Bernadette Peters as well. Or it could be that from my recollection it was one of the lower rated segments on the show. Weird, I didn't take any of Runt's personality as being like the Dustin Hoffman character outside of the Definitely thing. He was, as someone said, just a typical dumb dog. Without Broadway, you'd think BP would be around, moreso with celebrities working on more animated series and reality/talk shows. Unless she is working on different projects, or she just wasn't interested in returning to A! at all? (I don't recall any bad blood or Old Shame from Peters about the show...) It is probably the latter, though. As after the first season or two, R&R were quickly made into background characters and really didn't get their own shorts anymore.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Sept 30, 2020 23:37:45 GMT -5
Is anyone else hoping or Good Idea/Bad Idea?
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Post by Larryhausen on Oct 1, 2020 0:52:06 GMT -5
Is anyone else hoping or Good Idea/Bad Idea? For me, It's all about Wheel of Morality and another.... Useless Fact.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Oct 11, 2020 9:01:09 GMT -5
Comic-Con panel later today which will give us our first footage of the new series
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Oct 11, 2020 12:45:13 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2020 13:15:21 GMT -5
Holy cow, that animation was gorgeous. Somehow, even more sold on it than before.
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Post by eJm on Oct 11, 2020 13:35:48 GMT -5
Yeah, that’s WAY better than I expected it to look.
Hey Netflix, you’re picking up everything internationally...good opportunity to do it again? Please? We’ll even ignore the dude with the Hulu shirt.
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Post by thechase on Oct 11, 2020 14:13:00 GMT -5
That..wasn't funny.
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Post by James Fabiano on Oct 11, 2020 14:50:21 GMT -5
So, now that's NOT comedy?
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Post by Shark on Oct 11, 2020 15:06:29 GMT -5
That is a legitimately great parody of Jurassic Park. I am amped for this!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2020 15:32:40 GMT -5
I am beyond hyped for this.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Oct 12, 2020 7:29:49 GMT -5
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