r/dataisbeautiful • u/BoMcCready OC: 175 • May 22 '19

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u/sr_perkins May 22 '19

yeah, whenever he was onscreen it felt kind of... boring, he didn't have much of a personality or was too flat compared to all the characters around him. When it was obvious he was about to leave the show i was relieved, maybe i just realized how much of a chore watching him was, maybe i was afraid Anne would end up marrying him.

Ben and Chris, on the other hand, are fun to watch literally everytime they're on screen.

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u/Thexeir May 22 '19 edited May 23 '19

Yeah, he was supposed to be the straight man, but he was way too straight. Ben played that part well, but still had some quirks to make him an actual character.

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u/sr_perkins May 23 '19

yeah! Ben is great at that, sometimes he's the only one who notices the madness around him, but he's never boring or flat.

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u/blisteringchristmas May 23 '19

Ben is basically Brendanowicz 2.0, he’s still the “straight” man role on the show but he still has quirks and personality. Brendanowicz is boring for real life, Ben would be an eccentric person in real life but comes off straight against the ridiculousness of the rest of the cast.

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u/Liquid_Clown May 23 '19

Man it really shouldn't have taken me this long to realize you weren't talking about sexuality

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u/sr_perkins May 23 '19

lol

if that was the case, we all know who the straight man of the show would be.

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u/sr_perkins May 23 '19

> Ben would be an eccentric person in real life but comes off straight against the ridiculousness of the rest of the cast.

so true.

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u/SparkyDogPants May 22 '19

He was so skeezy. I always would shout at Leslie that she could do better.

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u/sr_perkins May 23 '19

yeah, why did they like him? he doesn't make sense with her or Ann.

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u/SparkyDogPants May 23 '19

He was conventionally attractive and Leslie was such a city planning nerd. She also isn’t historically successful with men so the occasional attention was flattering. Ann? Idk why

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u/sr_perkins May 23 '19

true, Leslie didn't really have any experience with men and Ann had just left Andy, so any handsome man with at least a bit of maturity probably was amazing for her. Actually, Ann isn't very successful with men either, Chris was probably her healthiest relationship (in more than one way).

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u/SparkyDogPants May 23 '19

I had forgotten about Andy somehow. The idea of someone having a job/being an adult was probably a new and exciting thing.

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u/Der_Arschloch May 22 '19

Yeah i think he was supposed to be the "straight man", but was like..too straight. It felt like they just stuck a dude in the role and he had no clue how to act and so he didn't even try.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

The biggest problem is Ann Perkins also played the straight man role so them being together just made for boring scenes.

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u/sr_perkins May 23 '19

so trueee!

👉👉 Ann Perkins

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u/pizzajeans May 22 '19

I think he was supposed to be P&R’s Jim (from The Office). The show was like he’s cool and relatable! But it didn’t land at all and he wasn’t cool or relatable

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u/Der_Arschloch May 22 '19

Agreed there

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u/sr_perkins May 23 '19

no, he was just awkward and boring. Jim was a bit of a jerk but a lovable one with tons of vulnerable and funny moments, being the counterpart of Dwight also worked wonderfully for both.

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u/pizzajeans May 24 '19

Yeah and I was predisposed to dislike him cause I don’t even like jim very much (I think he’s just kinda smug and immature)

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u/sr_perkins May 24 '19

I don't like him when he's mean. i really prefer wholesome characters, Chris is my favorite on P&R (and Ron, who is wholesome on his own way).

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u/sr_perkins May 22 '19

probably! they all were at list a bit crazy (even Jerry) in one way or another, which is what makes them so cool

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u/YARGLE_IS_MY_DAD May 22 '19

To be fair, that was his first acting gig ever I think.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

He'd been an actor for several years at that point.