Is the Era of the “Dumb Dad” Ending?

MasterCronus · 2010-11-18T08:49:12+00:00

I think it is just played out. People are tired of it not because they recognize it as misandry and are making a stand. They are tired of it because, like anything overdone - it simply got old.

So it will be back, but not until someone figures out how to make money off it again. Frankly I think shows like Married with Children were actually pretty good that way. Al was an absolute idiot, dumber with each seasons, and their "no ma'am" thing was a running joke.. but everyone else got eviscerated too. It was able to say things that more serious shows couldn't. I suppose it is like south park or the daily show - able to make fun of anything and everyone.

Now we've just had to live with the ridiculous trope - dumb husband, smart wife for the sitcom. Then it went to commercial and what did you see - dumb husband, smart wife for the product.

They just overdid it and people got bored. It will be back.

Elesia · 2010-11-18T15:07:31+00:00

Raising Hope is a fantastic new show, with not one but TWO great examples of men who don't have a lot of education or money but they work their asses off to do everything they can to provide and be the best dads they can be. There's some situational humor - Jimmy is young and his parents are letting him sink or swim - but he is very resourceful and always comes through for his daughter.

Nathan Fillion on Castle is an EXCELLENT Dad, and he has a very loving and respectful relationship with his teenage daughter on the show. There's a huge pop-culture expectation that fathers and teenage girls can't get along, and I like that they're breaking that apart.

Things are changing... that whole "pretty, smart wife, dumb, ugly husband" thing is SO irritating... I hate those shows! I absolutely can't understand how Everybody Loves Raymond got so popular, I always wanted to reach into my television and wring their necks.

If we want to see things change, we have to support the shows that portray things in a better light.

Bobsutan · 2010-11-18T03:39:01+00:00

It's been predicated for about a year now that this would start coming to an end...

http://www.singularity2050.com/2010/01/the-misandry-bubble.html

2010-11-19T01:39:57+00:00

It should never have fucking happened in the first place.

grundlebuster · 2010-11-18T08:56:08+00:00

Title	Is the Era of the “Dumb Dad” Ending?
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Date	November 18, 2010 3:24 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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