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Randall really is...
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on June 21, 2006, 09:07:16 am ---Both Randall and Monroe look better in real life, but hot is stretching it, in my view.
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I agree with you about Scott Michael Campbell (Monroe) (I'd call him cute), but David Harbour looks much better with that beard and mustache. In fact, seeing him with and without is a good argument in favor of facial hair! ;D Without the facial hair, he really does remind me of Boris Karloff, who, of course, was the original Frankenstein monster (the prototype of Herman Munster).
serious crayons:
I think Randall, Monroe and Jimbo are all unhot for a reason -- the better to emphasize the hotness of our heroes (not that that needs much emphasizing, I realize). It's kind of similar to the long-honored tradition of having best friends of leading characters be relatively plain, otherwise known as the Lucy Ricardo/Ethel Mertz syndrome.
But clearly -- based on appearance, anyway -- Randall would be a step down for Jack, Monroe was a step down for Alma, and Jimbo was no great loss.
JCinNYC2006:
Randall would be a step down when you compare him to Ennis, of course! But the guy who plays Monroe does actually seem a lot less dowdy in real life. Out of these two, who's more attractive?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on June 21, 2006, 11:55:25 am ---I think Randall, Monroe and Jimbo are all unhot for a reason -- the better to emphasize the hotness of our heroes (not that that needs much emphasizing, I realize). It's kind of similar to the long-honored tradition of having best friends of leading characters be relatively plain, otherwise known as the Lucy Ricardo/Ethel Mertz syndrome.
But clearly -- based on appearance, anyway -- Randall would be a step down for Jack, Monroe was a step down for Alma, and Jimbo was no great loss.
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While we all have our own tastes, I would argue that in terms of appearance, Randall couldn't be--and isn't--a very big step down for Jack, or else there would be no conflict for Jack to deal with. For dramatic purposes Randall has to be at least reasonably attractive, and I think he is. (Take off the facial hair, and that's another matter. ...) If Randall looked like, say, Timmy (Ennis's coworker on the road crew), his approach to Jack would be farcical, where what is needed is a plausible threat.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on June 21, 2006, 01:27:42 pm ---While we all have our own tastes, I would argue that in terms of appearance, Randall couldn't be--and isn't--a very big step down for Jack, or else there would be no conflict for Jack to deal with. For dramatic purposes Randall has to be at least reasonably attractive, and I think he is. (Take off the facial, and that's another matter. ...) If Randall looked like, say, Timmy (Ennis's coworker on the road crew), his approach to Jack would be farcical, where what is needed is a plausible threat.
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Well, I would argue that in terms of appearance every man on the planet is a big step down from Ennis (present company excepted, of course :)).
But you're right, we all have our own tastes. Timmy isn't just a step down, he's the whole staircase down -- he's intended to be so ludicrously unattractive he's not even fun to work with, let alone share a tent with. So in that context, yes, Randall is at least a viable candidate. For that matter, so are Jimbo and Monroe.
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