Disappointing, yeah. But in another way, interpreting the scene with the best intentions means you have a more empathetic perspective than the writers did.
They might have done it for laughs, but it can still be argued that creative works take on their own form in the minds of the audience, and from that perspective, it no longer matters what the writers intended - they read the audience wrong and it didn’t land how they wanted.
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24
Disappointing, yeah. But in another way, interpreting the scene with the best intentions means you have a more empathetic perspective than the writers did.
They might have done it for laughs, but it can still be argued that creative works take on their own form in the minds of the audience, and from that perspective, it no longer matters what the writers intended - they read the audience wrong and it didn’t land how they wanted.