Mandy’s Vilification In First Marriage Is A Page Out Of The Big Bang Theory’s Worst Trope Book
Mandy’s pursuit of her career in Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage season 1 highlights an unfair similarity with The Big Bang Theory’s forgotten and neglected dream of one character. Mandy has wanted to get back to being a weather girl since Young Sheldon, not too long after giving birth to CeeCee.
However, this only became possible in Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage season 1’s second half, when the local weather station started to ask Mandy to cover, only for her move to full-time to be cemented in season 1’s finale. Mandy’s reveal that she had always worked with her ex-boyfriend dampened the news, bringing to the fore one major problem.
Mandy Pursuing Her Career Is Judged Harshly Just Like Penny’s Acting Dream Was Dismissed
Jim & Georgie Comment Negatively On Mandy’s Career Like The Gang Ridiculed Penny’s Dream
While Mandy’s family is shown to be supportive of her dream to be a weather girl, waking up early to see her program, that wasn’t always the case. Indeed, Georgie in Young Sheldon had expressed his desire for Mandy to be a stay-at-home mother, which fully contrasted with Mandy’s wishes after CeeCee was born, briefly becoming a point of contention.
While Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage season 1’s ending seemingly delivered Mandy her dream come true, some characters didn’t understand Mandy’s attachment to her career.
Mandy prioritized her time with CeeCee in Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage season 1, but she was also shown working at a diner, trying everything to return to tell the weather forecast on live TV. While Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage season 1’s ending seemingly delivered Mandy her dream come true, some characters didn’t understand Mandy’s attachment to her career
This is eerily similar to how Leonard, Sheldon and the gang dismissed Penny’s dream to become an actor, downplaying her successes and generally being convinced that it would have never amounted to anything. In addition to Penny’s non-genius status being made fun of in Big Bang Theory, the gang never forgot to remind Penny of the silliness of her dream.
First Marriage’s Attitude Towards Mandy’s Career Shows How Only Some Dreams Are Valid In TBBT’s Universe
Becoming A Businessman Or A Renowned Scientist Is More Valid Than Acting Or Being A Weather Girl
Mandy isn’t the only character without an established career in Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage season 1. Indeed, while doing the most to enrich McAllister Auto & Tires, Georgie’s job is far from being the successful enterprise seen in The Big Bang Theory. However, all the questions about someone’s interest in their career focus on Mandy, not Georgie.
With Mandy already having a career as a weather girl in the past and Georgie throwing himself into the world of entrepreneurship without anything but his enthusiasm, his steps are arguably more dangerous than Mandy’s. However, his dreams aren’t derided in Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, but Mandy’s are questioned.
Like Big Bang Theory before it, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage doesn’t give Mandy the chance to show audiences why her career is so important to her, instead only showing her doing anything for it, even putting her family second, without explaining why. This easily makes Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage turn Mandy into a villain before showing her perspective.
Penny’s dreams were derided by many characters and thought as unreachable […] however, Sheldon’s dream of winning a Nobel wasn’t treated with the same disdain, and he even reached it in TBBT’s finale.
TBBT also behaved similarly with the contrasting dreams of two protagonists. Indeed, Penny’s dreams were derided by many characters and thought as unreachable, with Leonard happily pushing Penny in another direction when she showed an interest in finishing college. However, Sheldon’s dream of winning a Nobel wasn’t treated with the same disdain, and he even reached it in TBBT’s finale.
Penny’s dreams are eventually forgotten in The Big Bang Theory. For now, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage doesn’t point to that being in Mandy’s future. Still, Jim’s insistence that she should find herself another career and Georgie’s tendency to ask Mandy to leave her job when any conflict arises point to Mandy’s career following a similar path to Penny’s dreams.
How Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage Can Make Up For Dismissing Penny’s Dreams With Mandy
Unlike Penny, Mandy Has Someone Very Important In Her Corner
While everyone in Penny’s life would have preferred she just switched careers, whether her family in Nebraska or friends in Pasadena, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage uses one character as a safeguard in relation to Mandy’s career. Audrey’s support for Mandy’s career has been staunch, no matter her past mistakes.
Even if Audrey didn’t immediately get behind Mandy and Georgie, she
