Current Events > They really chose poorly casting Barney's Mother in How I Met Your Mother...

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SwayM posted...

Yup. Reading comprehension isnt strong around these parts.

Well, you're literally not accepting that there's any other way to write the character other than the two you describe.
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See what I mean. Youre still not getting it.

No I said theres only two ways to cast a character they wrote.
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SwayM posted...

I said theres only two ways to cast a character they wrote.

and that is still not true
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Jumping in with literally everyone else ITT to say TC is wrong.

I dont get topics like this. Id like to think that if I made a topic and seriously every single person disagreed with me, I would at least say weird, guess well agree to disagree and not just repeatedly yell YOU CANT READ, IM RIGHT YOURE WRONG THERE IS NO OTHER WAY
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SwayM posted...

See what I mean. Youre still not getting it.

No I said theres only two ways to cast a character they wrote.

Fair enough, you're mistaken about what they wrote, and you're mistaken that there's only "two ways" to cast such a character. The two stereotypes you propose are not at all suitable for the same written character.
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scar the 1 posted...

SwayM posted...

See what I mean. Youre still not getting it.

No I said theres only two ways to cast a character they wrote.

Fair enough, you're mistaken about what they wrote, and you're mistaken that there's only "two ways" to cast such a character. The two stereotypes you propose are not at all suitable for the same written character.

You cant just just say youre mistaken with no argument behind it.

The character is someone who has a whorish past and owns it. Thats about the only consistent factor of the character.

They dont try to play up the sweet old lady angle and sometimes it feels like theyre still trying to sexualize her, as if you should be able to understand her past just by looking at her.

This whole argument stems from the fact that I think they try to lean more in the direction that shes still kind of a cougar. So when people came into this topic saying no you dont get it dude shes a sweet old lady thats what they were going for thats where the two versions of that character come into play.

Im not trying to change anyones mind here, and I really doubt anyone will change mine, not when people dont understand my argument and arent making a single one of their own.
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SwayM posted...

You cant just just say youre mistaken with no argument behind it.

You provide no argument as for why the role can only be casted in two ways, there's nothing to address.
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I provide no argument then you just gloss over the entirety of my argument.

Mmmmk
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scar the 1 posted...

Well, you're literally not accepting that there's any other way to write the character other than the two you describe.

SwayM posted...

No I said theres only two ways to cast a character they wrote.

So no, except, yes.

Again, someone with a past doesn't have to be a cougar (nor is the character even remotely hinted at to be a cougar since, again, she has one relationship with a man her own age), nor does it have to be Betty White (who, for reference, is 96, which would mean she would have to have been roughly 50 when she had Barney, making it even less believable). Those are not the only two ways to write the character, even if you keep yelling that in as condescending tone as possible.

LMAO tc doesnt get the joke!!!!!
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SwayM posted...

I provide no argument then you just gloss over the entirety of my argument.

Mmmmk

I might have missed the part of your argument where you justify why this role can only be casted in two ways.
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