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![]() Er, not to bellitle your statement or anything, but since when has Wilt been an authority figure? I always saw him as being one of the guys.
As for Wilt and Frankie "torture" we hear of, it's kind of the main way in which their characters are funny. I mean, Frankie doesn't often do crazy stuff, (though boy, does she have her moments) so all that's left is to put her in humourous situations. As for Wilt, he CAN be funny without being in distress (my favourite Wilt line is "I can starve first if it helps"), but still, it is quite funny to see him being taken advantage of, cause he's such a nice guy, and noone else would put up with that stuff. Though I realise he can't win all the time, I DO like it when Wilt gets good stuff to happen to him in the end. Anyhows, I believe they're saving all the good Wilt and Frankie moments in season five for later, cause those're gonna be the BEST. ![]()
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![]() While you bring up some good points, I still say that Wilt is too much of a doormat to be an authority figure, though I was, as a matter of fact, thinking that the closest he ever got was in Adoptcalypse Now. Also, I think that Wilt has a child's indomitable spirit and playfulness. Which is not to say that these cannot be possesed by an adult (after all, we know Wilt is over 30 years old), Wilt certainly wouldn't be out of place if he was adopted by a younger child who needed someone to play with. So, I guess, we all have our own definitions of adult. What I mostly meant when I say that Wilt's still a child, is that he hasn't had his spirit crushed or tarnished by cynism in the least. He's still just as pure as the day he got imagined, even if he is a lot wiser now.
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![]() Well... I don't know about him bing as pure as he was the day he was created... I mean, thirty years of guilt, plus the guilt that he gets for doing somthing wrong or making someone upset, can't of done him any good.
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Yeah, seriously! It's pretty clear that Wilt has some major emotional baggage, and that a LOT, if not all, of his "doormat" tendencies stem from that. The fact that he's been able to carry around all that baggage for 30 years, without cracking or even talking to anyone about it, speaks volumns for his strength. Wilt is actually a lot more mature-acting than most adult men I know(including a few I've dated); one of my best friends was telling me recently that her son-in-law(father of two, I might add) will pitch a hissy-fit if his wife brings home a box of cereal that doesn't have a toy or special send-off offer inside, even though his KIDS have outgrown that, and no, he isn't joking around, either. Wilt's altruism goes well beyond what I've ever seen in any child, and probably in 99% of the adults I've known over my life. I think that Wilt's spirit HAS been badly damaged, though perhaps "crushed" is too strong a word. His opinion of himself has been torn down considerably, that much is clear. Wilt showed his courage and maturity in GWH, undertaking something that he KNEW would probably result in him losing his life, but he believed it was necessary. How many children would do that? It was also interesting to hear him open up to total strangers, far more than to familiar people, probably because he knew these strangers really didn't give a rip about him and wouldn't be bothered by any of what he said after he was gone, but his whole speech/mannerisms was that of an adult. The way he spoke of Jordan as "my boy" sounded so much like the way a father would speak of his son, that Wilt even realizes this himself and feels compelled to explain that he's actually referring to the kid who created him. Most people probably never even figured that Wilt WAS so articulate, since he seldom says that much in any given episodes, and it seems that he's really "clammed up" in this season. pitbulllady |
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![]() Yeah, that "my boy" line was awesome, and, though I think all IFs feel that way about their kids, Wilt does more than usual. As for the child/adult debate, it's been interesting, but I guess we just gotta say that we each have our own different measures of adult. By your reasoning, for example, it would seem most adults (or at least the ones I've seen) aren't adults at all, just big kids. But, hey, I can live with people having different opinions to me (this is NOT me running from an argument I'm losing. No. Not at all.). I thik we can agree that, however we see him, we all love him and are hoping for more cool Wilt moments in season five. Okay, that sounded corny, but you get my picture.
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![]() Forget the socks.......I'm dumb.....uhhhh.......I can't think of anything...so I'll just apologize for cross-posting again....I wasn't thinking........sorry.
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