A TV trope that really bugs me: culturally ignorant geniuses.
Rebekah Send a noteboard - 11/10/2011 04:44:16 PM
I'm currently watching season 5 of Criminal Minds on our OnDemand service. (I love serial killer programmes.)
One member of the team is Dr Reid, a super genius guy aged 27 with something like two PhDs and a couple more Bachelor degrees. He has also has almost no interaction with modern culture.
Sound familiar? Dr Temperance Brennan ring any bells?
Why do writers think that super-smart people know nothing about films, books or movies?
More specifically, why would a guy who has a degree in psychology NOT have heard of A Clockwork Orange? (Granted, the show referenced the film as if the book didn't exist, but the point stands.) Haven't most intelligent people in the English-speaking world heard of this book/film? Or is it not something well-known in the US?
I'd love to see a crime show (they're always in crime shows) with a genius character who fully interacts with modern culture. I think that fits the nerd stereotype a little better, actually.
Can anyone suggest anything? And am I ranting about nothing?
Thank you for reading.
One member of the team is Dr Reid, a super genius guy aged 27 with something like two PhDs and a couple more Bachelor degrees. He has also has almost no interaction with modern culture.
Sound familiar? Dr Temperance Brennan ring any bells?
Why do writers think that super-smart people know nothing about films, books or movies?
More specifically, why would a guy who has a degree in psychology NOT have heard of A Clockwork Orange? (Granted, the show referenced the film as if the book didn't exist, but the point stands.) Haven't most intelligent people in the English-speaking world heard of this book/film? Or is it not something well-known in the US?
I'd love to see a crime show (they're always in crime shows) with a genius character who fully interacts with modern culture. I think that fits the nerd stereotype a little better, actually.
Can anyone suggest anything? And am I ranting about nothing?
Thank you for reading.
*MySmiley*
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
A TV trope that really bugs me: culturally ignorant geniuses.
- 11/10/2011 04:44:16 PM
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There are bigger contradictions in Temperance Brennan, truth be told.
- 11/10/2011 08:00:25 PM
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It's not about them being expert in everything. Just not devoid of basic pop culture knowledge.
- 11/10/2011 08:17:24 PM
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Re: It's not about them being expert in everything. Just not devoid of basic pop culture knowledge.
- 14/10/2011 02:35:51 PM
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Well, I have a degree in Psychology and I'd never heard of it until well after college 
- 12/10/2011 03:10:54 PM
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- 12/10/2011 03:10:54 PM
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The guy in Big Bang Theory, the ultra-dorky one, is knowledgable about everything *NM*
- 12/10/2011 03:37:27 PM
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True, that's the other extreme and maybe just as unpleasant. *NM*
- 12/10/2011 04:01:10 PM
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Lol Sheldon Cooper has some of the same idiosyncrasies as my Aspie son.
- 13/10/2011 03:33:25 PM
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Better than someone with a doctorate not having heard the term EM for electromagnetic.
- 12/10/2011 09:59:36 PM
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I do love that Sherlock Holmes didn't want to know about the solar system....
- 13/10/2011 03:38:09 PM
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Re: I do love that Sherlock Holmes didn't want to know about the solar system....
- 17/10/2011 08:31:28 AM
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Re: I do love that Sherlock Holmes didn't want to know about the solar system....
- 20/10/2011 01:48:38 AM
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