if it were an ignorance of Hollywood or Hollywood gossip, but I am with you on Burgess not fitting into that at all.
Good point.
The whole thing annoys me. I definitely think that books should not be included in the "What? That's popular culture, why would I know anything about it?" reaction, especially not if they might have ever been discussed in school. But I also find it unlikely that any genius (I'm thinking of The Big Bang Theory here in particular) would be able to be super-informed about nerd movies/games and not have ever encountered any "regular" flicks. I can understand not knowing current Hollywood crap, but any modern person will at least have seen the previews before LotR or Star Trek, etc.
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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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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17/10/2011 08:31:28 AM
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