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07-07-2022, 08:31 PM
https://www.looper.com/919671/parks-and-recreation-fans-agree-theyd-hate-this-character-in-real-life/
Fans think they would hate Leslie Knope in real life
In a "Parks and Recreation" subreddit, u/amy_michelle6 (https://www.reddit.com/r/PandR/comments/su2cuc/i_think_i_would_hate_leslie_in_real_life/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) posted, "I think I would hate Leslie in real life," and added, "Love her on the show so much, but if she were an actual person in my life I probably would not be able to handle it lol." This is a fair take. Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) has many positive attributes: a passion for her job, faith in government, loyalty to her friends, and tenacity at work. But this kind of extreme optimism also makes for some grating behavior.
What's more, she doesn't like taking "no" for an answer, especially when doing something for a friend. "She has no sense of boundaries at all," wrote u/cory-balory (https://www.reddit.com/r/PandR/comments/su2cuc/comment/hx7njoc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), pointing out that Leslie even applied for a job on Ann Perkins' (Rashida Jones) behalf in the Season 3 episode, "The Fight." Most others on the thread seemed to agree that they would find a real-life Leslie insufferable.
Still, u/digitalvagrant (https://www.reddit.com/r/PandR/comments/su2cuc/comment/hxg8brq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) argued, "She's too nice to really hate though." What's more, it bears wondering if Leslie would have been able to reach such an admirable place without her particular collection of attributes. "I think what she represented was this person in a job that felt like it had a low ceiling, but she had a lot of big hopes and dreams," said Poehler in an interview with CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-poehler-on-the-hard-work-of-comedy/). "And she was trying to figure out how to work the system or have the system work for her, without losing her sense of joy, spirit, without it crushing her." That, admittedly, is pretty admirable.
Fans think they would hate Leslie Knope in real life
In a "Parks and Recreation" subreddit, u/amy_michelle6 (https://www.reddit.com/r/PandR/comments/su2cuc/i_think_i_would_hate_leslie_in_real_life/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) posted, "I think I would hate Leslie in real life," and added, "Love her on the show so much, but if she were an actual person in my life I probably would not be able to handle it lol." This is a fair take. Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) has many positive attributes: a passion for her job, faith in government, loyalty to her friends, and tenacity at work. But this kind of extreme optimism also makes for some grating behavior.
What's more, she doesn't like taking "no" for an answer, especially when doing something for a friend. "She has no sense of boundaries at all," wrote u/cory-balory (https://www.reddit.com/r/PandR/comments/su2cuc/comment/hx7njoc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), pointing out that Leslie even applied for a job on Ann Perkins' (Rashida Jones) behalf in the Season 3 episode, "The Fight." Most others on the thread seemed to agree that they would find a real-life Leslie insufferable.
Still, u/digitalvagrant (https://www.reddit.com/r/PandR/comments/su2cuc/comment/hxg8brq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) argued, "She's too nice to really hate though." What's more, it bears wondering if Leslie would have been able to reach such an admirable place without her particular collection of attributes. "I think what she represented was this person in a job that felt like it had a low ceiling, but she had a lot of big hopes and dreams," said Poehler in an interview with CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-poehler-on-the-hard-work-of-comedy/). "And she was trying to figure out how to work the system or have the system work for her, without losing her sense of joy, spirit, without it crushing her." That, admittedly, is pretty admirable.