Well,after telling you all that I would be making a post about Frazz on
Saturday (which I initially postponed after looking shame-facedly at how
many back-to-back posts I'd made) I'm finally ready to say my bit.
I was wondering what people thought of Frazz's character development (ie
changes throughout the series'). IN some ways, he's the character who has
the most character development up to series 3 (I think a bit more
development comes into all the characters after that).
What first bought this to mind was the way that Frazz relates to Lynda -
in series one, it's largely "she's the boss, god she's tiresome, and always
wanting me to work" - in series two, he begins to take a concern in Spike's
relationship with Lynda - he obviously disapproves, and is glad when the
relationship fails (he delivers that line to Lynda "y'now the only thing
that makes me feel better? I warned him about you.".). Come series _three_
though, it's obvious that he's started seeing the Spike-Lynda thing from a
different view - maybe (Murray slips into fantasy/speculative psychology)
the fact that Frazz lost his good mate and Lynda lost her boyfriend brought
them (or at lest frazz) a shared understanding - the tone of Frazz's comment
about "y'know who we really need here!" is almost a shared joke (intil Lynda
flips) - and then, to Spike, he gets to deliver that wonderful piece:
(Spike: Do you know what that woman has done to me?!?)
Frazz: Dated you, dumped you, broken your heart, sent you packing back to
America, given you a serious complex about all other women because you
know deep down you're still crazy about her and always will be.
(Spike: Lucky guess.)
Also in series three, we see Frazz gaining a sense of wit, we see him
working hard, using his intelligence and generally see the "slack, dopey
guy" we once knew vanish.
Anyway, just an idea - sorry it ran on so long.... comments anyone?
Murray
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http://www.omen.net.au/~muzza/ absolutely overeducated." - Oscar
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