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realchic1999 · 02-28-2005, 06:03 PM

Now while I like this show, there are some characters that maybe should've just stayed a gleam in the writer's eyes.

The character I can't stand is Gina. I can't stand her sassy, head bobbin', sistah-girl acting ignorant self. It just grates...and is also a scathing reminder that even if you go to a good school to be with intelligent people, there will always be someone ignorant who seeps through the cracks.

Who do you find "pointless" as a character?

HaskellGirl · 03-28-2005, 06:14 PM

I actually liked Gina...not as much as the other characters, but I thought she had some pretty funny moments! All her "Saints go Marching in!" and "It was an AFRO!"....I thought she had some good moments.

I wasn't really a fan of Dorian. I think the actor was cute, but I couldn't stand his holier-than-thou, "I am a preacher!" type of voice. Who talks like that all the time?? It drove me crazy. He could still be conservative and religious without sounding like that.

jamesanthony · 03-31-2005, 06:44 PM

The newer students in the last season or so weren't as endearing as Kim, Freddie, Whitley etc, but I wouldn't say that any were totally pointless, although I didn't like Dorian either. Millie in year 1 and Lettie were probably the most useless characters in the whole series.

ThomasE · 11-24-2005, 07:00 AM

Gloria and Allison were less used than Millie and Lettie in season one to me.

TMC · 04-09-2017, 02:19 AM

Maggie (Marissa Tomei's character from the first season). It wasn't so much that they had a white character like her going to an HBCU in the first place, it's that had her there and didn't really deal with it/acknowledge it. I think that was one big issue with the first season in general in that it didn't really depict an actual HBCU.

Denise was even a rather pointless character in the sense that (and I don't know for sure if this is mostly on Lisa Bonet or the writing) she didn't stand out at all versus the supporting characters.

02-28-2005, 06:03 PM	#1
realchic1999 Embrace nothingness! Forum Regular Join Date: May 23, 2001 Posts: 719	Pointless characters... Now while I like this show, there are some characters that maybe should've just stayed a gleam in the writer's eyes. The character I can't stand is Gina. I can't stand her sassy, head bobbin', sistah-girl acting ignorant self. It just grates...and is also a scathing reminder that even if you go to a good school to be with intelligent people, there will always be someone ignorant who seeps through the cracks. Who do you find "pointless" as a character?
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03-28-2005, 06:14 PM	#2
HaskellGirl Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Posts: 590	I actually liked Gina...not as much as the other characters, but I thought she had some pretty funny moments! All her "Saints go Marching in!" and "It was an AFRO!"....I thought she had some good moments. I wasn't really a fan of Dorian. I think the actor was cute, but I couldn't stand his holier-than-thou, "I am a preacher!" type of voice. Who talks like that all the time?? It drove me crazy. He could still be conservative and religious without sounding like that.

03-31-2005, 06:44 PM	#3
jamesanthony Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 30, 2004 Posts: 2,180	The newer students in the last season or so weren't as endearing as Kim, Freddie, Whitley etc, but I wouldn't say that any were totally pointless, although I didn't like Dorian either. Millie in year 1 and Lettie were probably the most useless characters in the whole series.

11-24-2005, 07:00 AM	#4
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	Gloria and Allison were less used than Millie and Lettie in season one to me.

04-09-2017, 02:19 AM	#5
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,507	Maggie (Marissa Tomei's character from the first season). It wasn't so much that they had a white character like her going to an HBCU in the first place, it's that had her there and didn't really deal with it/acknowledge it. I think that was one big issue with the first season in general in that it didn't really depict an actual HBCU. Denise was even a rather pointless character in the sense that (and I don't know for sure if this is mostly on Lisa Bonet or the writing) she didn't stand out at all versus the supporting characters.