He blew a .079, like, the very closest he could be without being legally intoxicated and hes like âoh yeah, im fineâ when his BAC is probably still going up. Being that close as a guy who killed his wife drunk driving, and not understanding that he really shouldnt be driving, is kinda what makes Bennie Bennie. We are supposed to get that he hasnt learned a thing, even after his wifeâs death. That he is an incredibly selfish person.
Also, I highly doubt that we are supposed to be sympathetic towards Asher. Yes, a lot of negative shit keeps falling on his head, but weâve seen a lot of negative shit from him the past few episodes. Openly mocking and laughing at the woman losing her life savings last week, and then that vicious comeback to Bennie this week. Asher isnât any more of a good person than any of the rest of them.
I agree that heâs roughly as bad a person as the others, but I disagree that theyâre not trying to create some sympathy toward him anyway. They keep triple-underlining just how socially inept he is and how insecure he is about that ineptitude, which puts him at a disadvantage compared to Whitney (clearly off-putting to many, but operating with basic social functionality; also very pretty, which buys her social latitude that Asher doesnât get) and Dougie (just as ridiculous socially as Asher, but crucially swaggering through life with a totally self-unaware level of unwarranted confidence that makes him less sympathetic). And now it seems like the other major characters are conspiring against him despite one of those characters being his spouse. I think it ultimately tugs at the same sort of emotional tendencies to sympathize with an underdog as you would usually get, while still being careful to make clear to a discerning viewer that heâs a pretty shitty dude himself. Unlike my complaint with what theyâve done recently to Whitney - having her be a fully mask-off character in recent episodes - I think this tension theyâve created with Asher is pretty smart and feels very unique.
I also think that both of Asherâs recent outbursts - yelling at the teacher of the comedy class, the over-the-top comeback to Dougie - felt perversely warranted to some extent. Felt 100% warranted toward the comedy teacher; was over the line to Dougie, but it also didnât feel like Dougie deserved much better after he spent the whole evening repeatedly poking an emotional infant with a stick.
My understanding is that queer fits anything that is not traditional heterosexual. It allows for trans/non-binary without having to need a different name for each identity or relationship.
Yes, tho the nomenclature Iâd use is queer fits anything that is not cis-het. I think itâs also like with saying your SO is your partner. This used to be code for queer relationships, but itâs grown deeper now to mean something deeper than just dating or even âjustâ married.
Based on subsequent responses, it sounds like we canât really know this. She could have been pansexual all along. She could have known she was that way and just happened to marry a man. Everyone else may have just assumed she was heterosexual.
When I was in high school and university in the 90s I think I watched the whole run of MASH. In the old pre-streaming days this was something I saw on TV when I got home from school, maybe on A&E?
It is a good TV show. Lotâs of cool cameos.
