Let me share you my deepest secret…

There comes a point in life where you can’t live with it anymore. It’s always on your mind, you can’t sleep at nights, and even when you catch a glimpse of a dream, it usually turns into a nightmare, “They found out! Everyone found out!” The thought floats away off your mind as you wake up covered in sweat. “I have to tell someone, it will only get worse if I don’t.” I think to myself every time I cover the tracks of doing it once more. It’s time to stop. I’m going to tell you something, but please don’t judge me until you read the rest of the article…

I watch 2 Broke Girls.

Oh, I can feel it. You are already judging me. “What the hell is this guy talking about? Is he serious?” Let me get serious for a second. We all know that show is shit. I’m going to talk about why I think it’s terrible in this article but I have to first explain my reasons for watching it. I heard some stand-up comedians talking about a similar thing on a podcast a few years ago. It’s actually better practice to watch bad stand-up acts than good ones if you want to improve as a stand-up comedian.

That thought resonated with me. It’s in human nature to learn from mistakes, that’s how we’re programmed to function. Surely, it’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes than yours. We can mirror that on television too. Of course, there’s a really small chance I will ever make a TV show, albeit I could do a better one than 2 Broke Girls. I watch a bad show so that I can respect good ones more. I don’t watch a lot of them because one can only endure so much, but I like to watch bad comedy from time to time.

Was/is there something good with 2 Broke Girls?

I watched every episode of 2 Broke Girls from the beginning to the last one, episode 18 of season 6. I would be lying if I told you I didn’t like it at all. I really enjoyed first two seasons. Max was a fun character spitting one-liners left and right. Caroline was a complete opposite. Sure, side-characters were pretty banal but they made me laugh once or twice an episode. And the money balance at the end of every episode gave it a sense of excitement. I felt like I was on a journey with them.

How is the show now? Max is a character spitting one-liners left and right. Caroline is a complete mess of a character. Side-characters are complete caricatures of themselves making same jokes from episode to episode. The problem is the idea just got boring, the characters just got annoying, and they still won’t cancel it. They’ll milk the cow as long as they can.

The show was known for throwing jabs at celebrities. That meant something back when the show meant something. What’s the point of doing mini roasts on people if your show is worse than they are? Throwing punches is easy, defending against them is harder. I’m sure Whitney Cummings can take a joke, she did several roasts already, but can her show take one? Here’s a roasty one. 2 Broke Girls is so offensive and disgusting, watching Whitney Cummings’ stand-up after that feels like watching Jerry Seinfeld’s stand-up.

Full Cast of 2 Broke Girls

Forced political incorrectness…

Before I start threading the path many writers have broken their fingers on, let me say this. I’m a big defender of the words, “Either everything is okay to joke about or nothing is.” Quote that Matt and Trey of South Park always use when they are asked about political correctness. We all love forbidden fruit, we will always say politically incorrect jokes. If we do it in our living room, why can’t we do it on television?

It’s bad when the show has to be politically correct. What’s worse is when the show is forcing political incorrectness. 2 Broke Girls is the guy that tries to make offensive jokes but all his jokes fall flat and he just looks like an asshole. The jokes are sexist, vulgar, racist, and generally offensive.

Acting like Poland is a third-world country is simply dense. Rape jokes are always a topic of discussion when it comes to political correctness. This show doesn’t help prove that rape jokes can be funny. Asian stereotyping gets really boring and bland. Of course, they won’t do black jokes because they might get in trouble. At this point, the show is selling on the attractiveness of the two main actresses. We all know sex sells, for that reason I’m not surprised they change their boyfriends every four episodes. Also, not surprising the show is generally watched by young male adults. Wonder why… In their defense, Max’s trashiness is quite funny and I enjoy most of her jokes.

A “joke”

I have one question after every episode, though. Does gay community actually support this show? It’s pretty obvious 2 Broke Girls wants to be a progressive show, I think their gay people per episode ratio is around 1. I have no problem with that. My problem is, or rather question is, do they really have to make them all same? Every gay guy is a flamboyant, theatrical, feminine man. Every gay girl is a butch, unfeminine female. I’m not sure you’re supporting the gay community if you make them all stereotypical.

Once again, I don’t have a problem with them making politically incorrect jokes, I have a problem with them making bad politically incorrect jokes. I have a problem with them pushing their progressiveness by stereotyping LGBT community. I have yet to see a gay guy in that show not have a stereotypical job like drama teacher or a hairdresser.

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Final Note…

The biggest question I had while I was writing this article is the first thing you read in it, the title. Why does a show like this exist? It’s been losing viewers from season three, frequently gets on critics’ ‘worst of the year’ lists, and still has that god-awful laugh track. Laugh tracks are done people, understand it. There is no difference between live studio audience and a laugh track. I will laugh at anything for money.

Let’s just hope season 6 is last season of this show, and let Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings move on to other projects. I’m sure they don’t want people to remember them for these roles. Okay, it paid the bills. I think it’s time to end the suffering. Kat Dennings is a talented and funny actress and I’m sure she can have a great career in comedy. Beth Behrs… Maybe try drama. Comedy doesn’t seem to be her strong suit.

CBS, get your shit together, dude. End Big Bang Theory, end 2 Broke Girls, and give us a good comedy. We know you can do it. 2 And a Half Men was funny until it jumped the shark, How I Met Your Mother was great from start to finish. (Don’t think about the ending, don’t think about the ending…) I know both of the shows I named had laugh tracks, but I still stand by my opinion. Not having laugh track makes the writers work harder. GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER, CBS!

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