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Brian Damage · 12-09-2005, 12:48 PM

It was when Penny got angry that JJ was leaving to go out on a date and Penny took it out on her doll. She started slapping and shaking her doll and some members of the audience were laughing.

Ireneparalegal · 12-09-2005, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

It was when Penny got angry that JJ was leaving to go out on a date and Penny took it out on her doll. She started slapping and shaking her doll and some members of the audience were laughing.

I highly agree. i have always hated their reaction to that...sick sick sick

TVFactFan · 12-09-2005, 01:28 PM

Come on yall, that scene was not really serious enough for the crowd to be silent. It would have been impossible for someone not to laugh during that scene

Ireneparalegal · 12-09-2005, 01:32 PM

I would have expected a *gasp or something like that...if it had been a child on Maude, I don't see anybody would be laughing like that.

Brieannas21 · 12-09-2005, 04:44 PM

I have to say that I laugh whenever I see that.

Ireneparalegal · 12-09-2005, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Brieannas21

I have to say that I laugh whenever I see that.

You are a sicko Brie....LMAO!!!! Just kidding of course!!!

PracTz · 12-11-2005, 03:17 PM

IIRC, the audience at first DID laugh but as Penny kept beating and dissing that doll, the laughter abruptly became uncomfortable, strained and then stopped altogether!
Reminds me of how we reacted in our one of high school assemblies when a guest speaker kept talking about his son's crazy driving antics for laughs - and then,at the end, laid the bombshell that that the son's last accident had left the son badly paralyzed for life!

Ireneparalegal · 12-11-2005, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by PracTz

IIRC, the audience at first DID laugh but as Penny kept beating and dissing that doll, the laughter abruptly became uncomfortable, strained and then stopped altogether!
Reminds me of how we reacted in our one of high school assemblies when a guest speaker kept talking about his son's crazy driving antics for laughs - and then,at the end, laid the bombshell that that the son's last accident had left the son badly paralyzed for life!

I see your point of view...but i think Brian is stating since we already knew at that point that she was being abused, she was now doing to her doll what her mother has said and done to her. It would have been funny had we not known yet what situation Penny was in.

Brieannas21 · 12-12-2005, 04:11 AM

I guess I'm the only one who found it funny LOL

nerrad · 12-12-2005, 08:50 AM

I guess Penny was acting out what her mother does to her at home.

TVFactFan · 12-12-2005, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

I see your point of view...but i think Brian is stating since we already knew at that point that she was being abused, she was now doing to her doll what her mother has said and done to her. It would have been funny had we not known yet what situation Penny was in.

Oh gotcha now, that is a good point. since the audience knew penny's situation it was silly to laugh. Just like it was when james was crying while talking to his dad in the bedroom

magellan333 · 12-12-2005, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by PracTz

IIRC, the audience at first DID laugh but as Penny kept beating and dissing that doll, the laughter abruptly became uncomfortable, strained and then stopped altogether!
Reminds me of how we reacted in our one of high school assemblies when a guest speaker kept talking about his son's crazy driving antics for laughs - and then,at the end, laid the bombshell that that the son's last accident had left the son badly paralyzed for life!

That was a pretty sick minded guest speaker.

magellan333 · 12-12-2005, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

It was when Penny got angry that JJ was leaving to go out on a date and Penny took it out on her doll. She started slapping and shaking her doll and some members of the audience were laughing.

What about when James met his estranged father? When they were in the bedroom talking, it seemed pretty serious to me, but the audience laughed!

Brieannas21 · 12-13-2005, 12:36 AM

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What about when James met his estranged father? When they were in the bedroom talking, it seemed pretty serious to me, but the audience laughed!

Because some of the things that James was saying was funny, that's why they laughed.

magellan333 · 12-15-2005, 10:28 PM

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Because some of the things that James was saying was funny, that's why they laughed.

Either you have a bizzare sense of humor or are thinking of something else, because when I heard the audience laugh, I heard nothing funny being said.

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12-09-2005, 01:28 PM	#3
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,152	Come on yall, that scene was not really serious enough for the crowd to be silent. It would have been impossible for someone not to laugh during that scene

12-09-2005, 01:32 PM	#4
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	I would have expected a *gasp or something like that...if it had been a child on Maude, I don't see anybody would be laughing like that.

12-09-2005, 04:44 PM	#5
Brieannas21 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 05, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,792	I have to say that I laugh whenever I see that.

12-11-2005, 03:17 PM	#7
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	IIRC, the audience at first DID laugh but as Penny kept beating and dissing that doll, the laughter abruptly became uncomfortable, strained and then stopped altogether! Reminds me of how we reacted in our one of high school assemblies when a guest speaker kept talking about his son's crazy driving antics for laughs - and then,at the end, laid the bombshell that that the son's last accident had left the son badly paralyzed for life!

12-12-2005, 04:11 AM	#9
Brieannas21 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 05, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,792	I guess I'm the only one who found it funny LOL

12-12-2005, 08:50 AM	#10
nerrad Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 06, 2003 Location: pfunkytown Posts: 1,253	I guess Penny was acting out what her mother does to her at home.