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Galentines - did nobody watch Parks & Recreation?

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PheasantPluckers · 14/02/2025 18:32

I've seen so many people bashing 'Galentines' day over the last few weeks and people genereally perplexed about it. Did nobody ever watch Parks & Recreation?!

For the record, the protagonist who invented it was totally cringeworthy - that was the whole point! It was supossed to make you feel embarrassed for her in the same way you people about Alan Partridge!

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RedRosie · 15/02/2025 09:03

I absolutely loved Parks and Recreation, and can rewatch every episode and still get something new from it.

ThatShyRoseViper · 15/02/2025 09:32

Have you seen Parks & Rec OP? You’re not supposed to find Leslie’s Galentine’s Day cringeworthy. And she is not like Alan Partridge.

madamweb · 15/02/2025 09:48

dothedanceofjoy · 15/02/2025 01:12

In the first season she was kind of a joke figure, earnest but incompetent. I think the writers based her on Michael Scott from the Office. It didn't quite work, so from season 2 they shifted the character to be smarter and more competent. By later seasons, she's ferociously competent and the laughs come from her other foibles - but you're laughing fondly, not mockingly.

Interestingly, they did something similar with Michael Scott, who was quite odious in season one and then from season two became a more likeable character. You can laugh at his many flaws and ridiculousness, but still root for him.

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I don't recall her as earnest but incompetent.... More earnest but hitting all the barriers you encounter when working in local government and being slightly surprised to find those barriers there

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