The TV Bar

Last night, some Twitter friends and I took one person’s idea - a bar where people can gather and watch TV together - and created a crazy, multi-room establishment with each room being dedicated to a show.  These are the results:

Who Are The “Awful” Characters You Love And Why?

As a follow-up to my previous post, I’m interested in learning why you like to watch characters who are bad people, but don’t like others.  My current theory is that it’s based on charisma.  Ben Linus and Gus Fring are awful people, but fun as hell to watch.  Dennis Reynolds is a total creep, but he makes his sociopathy entertaining and funny.  Omar Little has an almost inimitable swagger.  And the Bluths take dysfunction to some incredible levels.  So who are some characters that you love to watch, but would probably never want to meet in real life?

The Bennetts

I started watching The Sopranos yesterday (after trying the pilot a few months back and not getting drawn in).  I like it fine enough so far, but one major problem is that I can’t stand 90% of the characters.  Even the ones I like right now - Tony, Carmela, and Christopher - are more a case of hating them less than everyone else, rather than actually enjoying them.  I’m also watching Justified right now, and I realized that I would absolutely love The Bennetts, a show focused on the villainous family from Season 2.  Mags Bennett would make for an amazing character study, and I can always use more Jeremy Davies in my life.

Going back to The Sopranos, I started to wonder about why I can hate the awful people in that show, but love characters like Gus Fring, Ben Linus, Al Swearengen, the Paddy’s Pub crew, and most people on The Wire.  Expect more on this when I get farther in and can comment on more of the nuances in the characters on The Sopranos.