Happy Days in Random Chatter 10

[Zedability]

You know, every time I read Zedability, I think of Lord Zed.

[Digit]

Ha, the actor who plays dim Luke Dunphy on Modern Family is actually a member of Mensa and has skipped four grades.

[Katya]

Ha, the actor who plays dim Luke Dunphy on Modern Family is actually a member of Mensa and has skipped four grades.

Poor child. (The grade skipping, not the Mensa membership.)

[Giovanni Schwartz]

May his social skills rest in peace.

[Unit of Energy]

I don't know that it's that big a deal, seeing as he's a child actor. Also, most people actually don't know how to socialize outside of their peer group before adulthood because of our current education system.

[Craig Jessop]

Yeah, I figured that he really had to be as dumb as his character, or actually really smart, because there's no way an average teenager could play Luke so well. I guess I know which one he is now.

[Katya]

I don't know that it's that big a deal, seeing as he's a child actor. Also, most people actually don't know how to socialize outside of their peer group before adulthood because of our current education system.

Right, but the grade-skipping can mean that kids don't know how to socialize inside their peer group, either. (But you're right that if he's a child actor, he's probably not going to a normal school, anyway. Also, on the topic of child actors, I have a theory about why Joseph Gordon-Levitt has had more success moving into adult roles than most child actors, if anyone wants to ask me about it.)

[Zedability]

Also, on the topic of child actors, I have a theory about why Joseph Gordon-Levitt has had more success moving into adult roles than most child actors, if anyone wants to ask me about it.)

Fine, I'll bite. What is it?

[Marduk]

Katya will not pass up any opportunity to discuss her boyfriend.

[Katya]

Katya will not pass up any opportunity to discuss her boyfriend.

OK, most child actors are playing someone younger than they are and most children on TV shows are an annoying combination of cutesy and sassy. (I'll readily admit that there are exceptions, though.) This means that most child actors are playing a young, annoying caricature of a child, which is going to give them a pretty limited acting range.

Tommy Solomon was supposed to be slightly younger in physical age than Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but in actual age, he was supposed to be the oldest of the aliens, which meant that his character was written to interact with them in a more adult fashion, so Joseph Gordon-Levitt got to employ as wide an acting range as anyone else on the show.

(It also doesn't hurt the he's a phenomenal actor, but the above is my theory for why 3rd Rock didn't hurt his career, at least.)

[Imogen]

Katya will not pass up any opportunity to discuss her boyfriend.

Back up, Katya! JGL and I are in crazy. hipster love!

[Giovanni Schwartz]

WTW?

[Craig Jessop]

Katya will not pass up any opportunity to discuss her boyfriend.

Back up, Katya! JGL and I are in crazy. hipster love!

Kinky.

[Unit of Energy]

And I'm going to CA for about a day in October!

[Zedability]

Guess who got a freaking job!

[Digit]

Good job!

[Katya]

Good job!

She didn't say it was a good job.

[Fredjikrang]

Good job getting a job, even if it isn't a good job. ;D

[Digit]

Good job getting a job, even if it isn't a good job. ;D

Yes, that

[yayfulness]

...I'm internally reconsidering my major and eventual career again. Somebody please tell me I'm crazy.