Yeah wouldn't say it's outright wrong but more in context as a computer for comparison with the series now, as the original poster says Ziggy is a transvestite which isn't the case at all as he's confusing the programmer with the computer. Interesting thing about Ziggy in that original series is it was voiced by a female (Deborah Pratt) when Sam and Al always refer to Ziggy as male, so hey maybe Ziggy was one back then and not now (lol).
As I say Abby was more a thought bubble of I wonder what some the it's woke people would say now, for a lot just pure casting causes them to shout it out, when woke is more pushing/hammering home an agenda not just who's cast (this show has pushed no agenda). Guess I'm looking at as how all groups whether religious or either side political party leaning, vegan, atheist and etc., have extreme versions that seem to get all the media, and the It's Woke ones that seem to pop up on these sites, so curious how they'd react. So yeah just a thought bubble based on seeing that episode recently and thinking I wonder how those "extremist it's woke brigade" would react, again nothing wrong with Abby at all.
More simply it just seems a huge overreaction on the casting of this show and I wonder if with this recent it's woke stuff would they overreact to that type of thing is well, are they only happy when they have something to shout about.
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punkrockgirl (1270)
2 years ago
I didn't realize Al and Sam referred to Ziggy as a "he." I just called Ziggy "her" after that one episode when I heard the voice. I suppose the proper term is to refer to a computer/robot as an "it" or "them" but I usually just go by the voice of a man or woman.
Yeah, I get what you're saying. You have characters that are literal stereotypes of whatever group they're in and make their beliefs/persona their whole personality, while some characters are intentionally created to break the norm that places them in those categories. Some agendas are sneaky and not so in your face, but a lot are just forced and not subtle at all. Technically everything has a message attached to it, whether it be good or bad.
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