TMC
11-29-2017, 05:50 AM
http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/big-bang-theory-everyone-is-bad-at-fake-eating.html
I don’t dislike The Big Bang Theory. In fact, I’ve found it’s a decent enough sitcom to accompany me in various settings of my life: the elliptical at the gym, in-flight entertainment on long plane journeys, and background sound for sick days. But I’m not here to convince you to add CBS’s crown prince of comedy to your gym or sky travel watch list. In fact, you don’t have to watch the humans at all if you decide to tune in. Just look at the food.
I had an epiphany a few years ago that every actor on The Big Bang Theory is absolutely terrible at fake-eating. And for a sitcom that features at least one prolonged scene per episode of the friend group having a communal meal, it’s a major, and fascinating, phenomenon. It started in the pilot, when Leonard and Sheldon invite Penny over for their very first bonding session. Despite opening their fresh Chinese food containers on camera, all of these containers are nearly empty, and the characters immediately partake in an eating technique that has since defined the series: The “mix around air in the hopes it looks like food” move.
I don’t dislike The Big Bang Theory. In fact, I’ve found it’s a decent enough sitcom to accompany me in various settings of my life: the elliptical at the gym, in-flight entertainment on long plane journeys, and background sound for sick days. But I’m not here to convince you to add CBS’s crown prince of comedy to your gym or sky travel watch list. In fact, you don’t have to watch the humans at all if you decide to tune in. Just look at the food.
I had an epiphany a few years ago that every actor on The Big Bang Theory is absolutely terrible at fake-eating. And for a sitcom that features at least one prolonged scene per episode of the friend group having a communal meal, it’s a major, and fascinating, phenomenon. It started in the pilot, when Leonard and Sheldon invite Penny over for their very first bonding session. Despite opening their fresh Chinese food containers on camera, all of these containers are nearly empty, and the characters immediately partake in an eating technique that has since defined the series: The “mix around air in the hopes it looks like food” move.