Latest episode really kinda sorta suggests someone on TMP does not care for Cumberbatch.
In my opinion, Colette (Fortune Feimster) owned this episode. Every funny line (except for the fall-down funny political crack near the end) was hers.
I think Mindy Kaling has spoken of his hotness, and I know they've mentioned him on the show before. I think it was just a joke.
I love Colette. I didn't like Jody at first and only tolerated her, but now that they have gotten rid of the possible love interest plot with Jody (which I thought was a stupid idea, not so much because I was for Danny as because I felt like those two would never, ever, ever like each other, and it really did push the limits of what I felt was Mindy's attractions for men in a way I didn't think Danny or any other man on the show did), I really like the plot threads with Jody and Colette together. I think it is actually really sweet that someone who is so Southern and old-fashioned and traditional is so sweetly attached to his tomboyish, gay sister (I also got weepy when my Republican congresswoman made a PSA about her support for her transgender son, so I guess this is the same type of thing). I think Fortune Feimster and Garret Dilahunt are great together.
I miss Neicy Nash. I guess she was only hired for a recurring role and is probably too busy to do more, but I am happy they got another funny woman on the show.
I actually think now that Danny is gone for (mostly) good, the show is coming together really nicely around the rest of the cast. This was the first episode in a while I've watched twice right in a row. I like the show being lighter and funnier again and not having to worry about feeling like Mindy is in an abusive relationship.
"Arguing with trolls is like playing chess with a pigeon . . . ."
I think Mindy Kaling has spoken of his hotness, and I know they've mentioned him on the show before. I think it was just a joke.
I miss Neicy Nash. I guess she was only hired for a recurring role and is probably too busy to do more, but I am happy they got another funny woman on the show.
I think Fortune Feimster and Garret Dilahunt are great together.
I guess I didn't think it was supposed to be that controversial. Benedict Cumberbach is not a controversial figure. I just thought it was supposed to be a funny take on snooty British actors making decidedly NON-snooty films (including superhero movies, of which Cumberbach is just the most recent in a long line including Sir Ian McKellan) but still being thought of as highbrow actors whereas American actors who do such films are thought of as hacks. Idk.
Btw, what I said above is the basic plot of the Oscar-winning film, Birdman. Michael Keaton plays basically himself, an actor who has made a superhero movie who is now trying to be "taken seriously" by making a stage play, but New York critics are pretty much insulted that he is being served to them as a serious actor and one vows, without seeing his performance, to destroy him in the review. But yeah, if someone like Cumberbach or Ian McKellan or Liam Nissan, did a stage play, the fact that they'd done action films would not be held against them.
"Arguing with trolls is like playing chess with a pigeon . . . ."
I guess I didn't think it was supposed to be that controversial. Benedict Cumberbach is not a controversial figure. I just thought it was supposed to be a funny take on snooty British actors making decidedly NON-snooty films (including superhero movies, of which Cumberbach is just the most recent in a long line including Sir Ian McKellan) but still being thought of as highbrow actors whereas American actors who do such films are thought of as hacks. Idk.
Btw, what I said above is the basic plot of the Oscar-winning film, Birdman. Michael Keaton plays basically himself, an actor who has made a superhero movie who is now trying to be "taken seriously" by making a stage play, but New York critics are pretty much insulted that he is being served to them as a serious actor and one vows, without seeing his performance, to destroy him in the review. But yeah, if someone like Cumberbach or Ian McKellan or Liam Nissan, did a stage play, the fact that they'd done action films would not be held against them.
I do however believe the U.S. entertainment industry has shown contempt for our own citizens by replacing American actors in preeminently American franchises with British actors.
Two reasons. They often have attended great acting schools so they are better trained than many American actors. The other reason is that they may be easier to work with, in the sense that they may cost less and have fewer demands (fewer personal hair stylists and assistants and what have you), that the studios have to pay for. Please note that I don't believe that this is accurate for every British actor compared to all American actors, but I think it's true in general.
shareI think Mindy Kaling has spoken of his hotness
Is Benedict Cumberbatch supposed to be hot? I'm being completely sincerely in my inquiry. If he's considered sexy by many, then I think people (Americans) are just really blinded by that accent. And of course, to each his own.
If creeps find someone hot, is the object of their affection hot? You make the call.
I didn't watch Sherlock Holmes, and I didn't go to Dr. Strange either. So I guess I don't think he is hot. He seems like one of those British guys (Colin Firth and Eddie Redmayne are two others) who, while not being objectively handsome (by "objectively handsome," I mean having conventionally handsome features, like Henry Cavill or Michael Fassbender) become handsome when seen in action. I haven't seen Cumberbatch in action. Therefore I don't think he's hot.
I don't really get into arguments on IMDB about who is hot, fwiw. I'm not saying you do, but it seems like the OP does. I also am not obsessed with Mindy Kaling's makeup/weight/theoretical plastic surgery. If you like someone, watch them. If you don't like someone, don't.
"Arguing with trolls is like playing chess with a pigeon . . . ."