frasier floyd wrote:The drinks were not meant to keep Frederick from crying, but to apologize to the passengers for having to put up with the crying. The part with the ear-flicker was simply to make a joke that the man really wanted a drink, so the strange fact that he was touching Frederick wasn't focused upon.
frasier floyd wrote:A stranger touching a baby like this would not be okay in the US either. Most parents would probably make a huge fuss over it and potentially file lawsuits against that kind of creep. Hell, I'm a friendly 23 year old girl and I've been frowned at just for admiring cute babies from afar out in public- that's how protective some mothers are here. It's glossed over only because of the show; the emphasis was the joke of wanting a drink, that was all. There are probably a ton of instances such as this on Frasier- things that are apparently okay that in real life would not be. For example, if a renowned psychiatrist here were arrested for picking up a transvestite prostitute (illegal here), his career would not go back to normal the next day. I guess we're just supposed to accept that these things are acceptable in sitcom-land.
PistolPoet wrote:frasier floyd wrote:A stranger touching a baby like this would not be okay in the US either. Most parents would probably make a huge fuss over it and potentially file lawsuits against that kind of creep. Hell, I'm a friendly 23 year old girl and I've been frowned at just for admiring cute babies from afar out in public- that's how protective some mothers are here. It's glossed over only because of the show; the emphasis was the joke of wanting a drink, that was all. There are probably a ton of instances such as this on Frasier- things that are apparently okay that in real life would not be. For example, if a renowned psychiatrist here were arrested for picking up a transvestite prostitute (illegal here), his career would not go back to normal the next day. I guess we're just supposed to accept that these things are acceptable in sitcom-land.
Wow, really? I make it a habit to smile and wave at cute babies, and all I get is mothers beaming proudly back at me. Though I do suppose my country is nothing like the US.
And I don't have children yet, so I can't say with 100% certainty, but if someone was flicking my baby's ear on a plane, I'd consider it awfully rude and intrusive, but I don't think I'd go further than shouting at the man (unless he continued to do it later).
frasier floyd wrote:Anyway, I personally don't think nationality has anything to do with the subject. Humans are naturally protective of their parents, and it seems kind of silly to assume that Americans are either more negligent or more neurotic than parents of another country based off Frasier or one frowning mother. Strange ear flickers are probably not welcome anywhere
CatNamedRudy wrote:The kids playing depends on where exactly they were. Maybe they were in the street or in the parking lot and the neighbor was afraid they would be hurt. Or maybe it was just a nosey neighbor being ridiculous. I can assure you, kids play outside of my apartment complex all the time and I've never once called the police to report they were playing unsupervised.
heartofmotion wrote:All of the posts on this thread have made me go 'What???' Frasier is a comedy programme, in case you hadn't noticed, and is not supposed to mimic real life. Frasier, Niles, Roz and Co. do humour and irony like nothing else on the TV screen and the reason these scenes are written is just because they are extremely funny and most definitely wouldn't happen in real life.
I'm amazed to find so many Frasier fans don't appreciate irony. It's the show's (and Frasier's of course!) 'raison d'etre' after all!
heartofmotion wrote:All of the posts on this thread have made me go 'What???' Frasier is a comedy programme, in case you hadn't noticed, and is not supposed to mimic real life. Frasier, Niles, Roz and Co. do humour and irony like nothing else on the TV screen and the reason these scenes are written is just because they are extremely funny and most definitely wouldn't happen in real life.
I'm amazed to find so many Frasier fans don't appreciate irony. It's the show's (and Frasier's of course!) 'raison d'etre' after all!
heartofmotion wrote:All of the posts on this thread have made me go 'What???' Frasier is a comedy programme, in case you hadn't noticed, and is not supposed to mimic real life. Frasier, Niles, Roz and Co. do humour and irony like nothing else on the TV screen and the reason these scenes are written is just because they are extremely funny and most definitely wouldn't happen in real life.
I'm amazed to find so many Frasier fans don't appreciate irony. It's the show's (and Frasier's of course!) 'raison d'etre' after all!
Moon-Crane wrote:It's funny the way we can over-analyse things, but i guess it's no bad thing to keep the discussions going in any way at all. I'd rather that than the show dies and is forgotten.
Anyway, the likes of Seinfeld built its comedy around overanalysis of the minutiae, and Frasier himself was as neurotic as it gets about such things - so i guess it all fits
The thing is that this forum has existed for a looong time and there is only so much you can say about a sitcom before you finally start overanalysing it because there's simply not much more to say otherwise.
and Frasier himself was as neurotic as it gets about such things
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