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Topic	Scarlet Ranks His Top 108* TV Characters of All Time
scarletspeed7 11/26/20 2:30:47 PM #62:	#106 - Rebecca Bunch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW; 2015-2019) 62 Episodes (First Appearance: "Josh Just Happens to Live Here!", October 12th, 2015) The facts are these: Rebecca Bunch is a little bit crazy. But the word "crazy" in and of itself is a pejorative that show explores with a great deal of nuance. When Crazy Ex-Girlfriend begins, we witness a straight-laced Ivy League graduate who appears to have had very little agency in her entire life become unraveled when she starts to loosen those laces. Rebecca has a certain amount of predisposition for romanticizing the world around her, and what better way to illuminate that characterization than through music? Her daydream musical interludes demonstrate Rebecca's reliance on her own mental distress as she constantly throws caution to the one, turning sharply away from what the world would believe as rational in a quixotic quest to find love and agency. Rebecca is often rather cunning in her attempts to find love, specifically in the arms of Josh (and Greg), and especially by the end of season two, it's easy to finally deconstruct this character in her entirety. Rebecca can be generous and empathetic, but at the same time many of her choices (healthy and unhealthy) are grounded in a neurosis that few characters on the show actually attempt to address (including Rebecca). In many ways, the show is a tragicomedy, as we watch someone spiral through fantasies brought on by mental illness. Yet, as a viewer, we find pathos as those around Rebecca become just as terrible as her (but lacking the excuse for their behavior). Our sympathies allow us to forgive her behavior, or at least treat it more favorably than the other characters of the show, and I find that fascinating. Just like Frank Underwood on House of Cards (who did not score a place on this list), audiences can forgive a bad action if there's an ounce of understanding involved. Hint for #105: An enduring British icon. --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful <cite>scarletspeed7 posted [p:947632060] in Scarlet Ra... [t:79132816]...</cite> <quote>#106 - Rebecca Bunch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW; 2015-2019) 62 Episodes (First Appearance: "Josh Just Happens to Live Here!", October 12th, 2015) The facts are these: Rebecca Bunch is a little bit crazy. But the word "crazy" in and of itself is a pejorative that show explores with a great deal of nuance. When Crazy Ex-Girlfriend begins, we witness a straight-laced Ivy League graduate who appears to have had very little agency in her entire life become unraveled when she starts to loosen those laces. Rebecca has a certain amount of predisposition for romanticizing the world around her, and what better way to illuminate that characterization than through music? Her daydream musical interludes demonstrate Rebecca's reliance on her own mental distress as she constantly throws caution to the one, turning sharply away from what the world would believe as rational in a quixotic quest to find love and agency. Rebecca is often rather cunning in her attempts to find love, specifically in the arms of Josh (and Greg), and especially by the end of season two, it's easy to finally deconstruct this character in her entirety. Rebecca can be generous and empathetic, but at the same time many of her choices (healthy and unhealthy) are grounded in a neurosis that few characters on the show actually attempt to address (including Rebecca). In many ways, the show is a tragicomedy, as we watch someone spiral through fantasies brought on by mental illness. Yet, as a viewer, we find pathos as those around Rebecca become just as terrible as her (but lacking the excuse for their behavior). Our sympathies allow us to forgive her behavior, or at least treat it more favorably than the other characters of the show, and I find that fascinating. Just like Frank Underwood on House of Cards (who did not score a place on this list), audiences can forgive a bad action if there's an ounce of understanding involved. Hint for #105: An enduring British icon. --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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