I doubt I am the only person that noticed this, but I watched the season premiere of Two and a Half Men recently. I haven't seen that much of the last couple of seasons because my Monday nights are usually busy, but I have caught up on the new season online because I was curious to see how the replaced Charlie Sheen's character.My question is this, did anyone else find it annoying that Judy Greer reappeared in the show as someone completely different? If you don't remember she was Aunt Myra (Herb's sister and Jake's new aunt) in Season 4. She appeared for a few episodes in which she was a bridesmaid in Judith and Herb's wedding and hooked up with Charlie. She now reappears this season as Bridget, Walden's high school sweetheart and wife that is currently divorcing him.
Maybe whoever cast her thought that the audience wouldn't remember her since it was five seasons ago. However, since the show is on syndication, I noticed immediately. I s
uppose the fact that she went from blonde to brunette was supposed to throw the audience off too.Nothing against Judy Greer. She is an amazing actress and she always does a fabulous job. Sometimes I think she is underestimated because she always gets stuck playing the best friend of the heroine in movies. All I meant was that casting directors must think audiences are dumb if that they think they can get away with this type of re-casting.
I get that it is fiction, and we are supposed to go with it. After all, in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (and in the re-adaptation She's the Man) we have to pretend that Viola and Sebastian look enough like one another that she can dress up in men's clothing and no one notices she is a woman.. Heck, she even gets a woman to fall in love with her while dressed as her brother. I know as an audience we should allow our imaginations to run free and go along with the story. Although, all I was asking for was a joke or something. After all, wouldn't Jake notice that she resembles his aunt, or Herb think she could pass for his sister's twin.
Have you noticed this happening on any other shows? Do you watch Two and a Half Men? Did you notice?
I don't watch it, but I've noticed many Disney shows recycle actors and actresses. I don't think it's very common, but probably she has connections, who said, "who cares?"
ReplyDeleteYeah, I figured it was something like that. I just thought it was kind of weird.
ReplyDeleteMy husband watches the show more than I do, but I've noticed it myself on showes like Law & Order and CSI where they recycle actors into new episodes.
ReplyDeleteI am not surprised that they do it in those shows. After all, they have a lot of actors that the recycle each week. I suppose Two and a Half Men does too since Charlie slept with soooo many.
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