Friends was cutting edge for its time.
It tackled a lot of taboo topics.
One gets tired of people looking back with 2018 eyes on 1990s shows and acting all superior.
"Big Bang" everyone is a Ross and still going strong.
It tackled a lot of taboo topics.
One gets tired of people looking back with 2018 eyes on 1990s shows and acting all superior.
"Big Bang" everyone is a Ross and still going strong.
I don't know much about friends (never could watch it as I find pretty much all of the characters insufferable), but in regards to the article it is pointing out just one thing of a much larger story. I think other things played much larger role in the anti-intellectual/anti-reason movement that the article is lamenting.
"Big bang theory, is a dumb show about smart people, and Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a smart show about dumb people"
I’d argue that BBT has the exact same problem. Only this time they don’t need characters to laugh at nerds anymore, audience does it already.