Not even Tennant could make "Fear Her" anything but a cringefest.
I also will go out on a limb and say that I really disliked Ten's shorter hair after season2.
Not sure why Smith's clothes bug me so much. I guess they seem sort of cliche and familiar from bad Disney movies about Nutty Professors and Doctor Doolittles and nerdy librarians, all of which distill down to the following simple but classic TV trope:
People who love learning, books, and education are hopeless eunuchs.
I so very much dislike that trope that I react badly to tweed jackets and bowties and suspenders played for humor. In the punk era, kids wore plaid trousers in exactly this way: So aweful it's cool. And it worked, but I was very relieved when it was over, as well as the baggy plaid flannel shirt thing. (Because I like baggy flannel shirts but I tend to wear them without subtext.)
Yes, the thought of a lot of 5 year old kids suddenly wanting to wear clip-on jazzbows is kind of cute. But The clothes are adding one more obstacle to Smith being able to command the stage fully. And he needs all the help he can get. Why make it more difficult for him?
At least he has stopped saying "Geronimo" for the moment.
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Date: 2010-05-03 01:29 am (UTC)I also will go out on a limb and say that I really disliked Ten's shorter hair after season2.
Not sure why Smith's clothes bug me so much. I guess they seem sort of cliche and familiar from bad Disney movies about Nutty Professors and Doctor Doolittles and nerdy librarians, all of which distill down to the following simple but classic TV trope:
People who love learning, books, and education are hopeless eunuchs.
I so very much dislike that trope that I react badly to tweed jackets and bowties and suspenders played for humor. In the punk era, kids wore plaid trousers in exactly this way: So aweful it's cool. And it worked, but I was very relieved when it was over, as well as the baggy plaid flannel shirt thing. (Because I like baggy flannel shirts but I tend to wear them without subtext.)
Yes, the thought of a lot of 5 year old kids suddenly wanting to wear clip-on jazzbows is kind of cute. But The clothes are adding one more obstacle to Smith being able to command the stage fully. And he needs all the help he can get. Why make it more difficult for him?
At least he has stopped saying "Geronimo" for the moment.