We are a generation obsessed with sitcoms. Recently, when reports surfaced that stars Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer wouldn’t be starring in Glee Season 4, a mob gathered outside the studio in the city demanding a change. Later on the producer rubbished such reports claiming them to be rumours.
With popular series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Tru Calling and White Collar that are screened for years together, people end up developing a die-hard affinity for them.
Emmanuel Anthony from Loyola Degree College justifies, “Glee is hugely dependent on the popularity of its characters. These three are similar to Ted of How I Met Your Mother and Sheldon of Big Bang Theory. Glee being a high school drama holds high on realistic value among the viewers. More than the storyline, fans relate with the characters.”
So, who are the characters teenagers in the city found it hard to part with? Rebecca Benny from St Francis Degree College laments, “In Dil Mil Gaye, Armaan was my favourite character. I still have a collection of the music they would play while he was on the show. It was a teenybopper kind of a show and my friend and me would watch every episode without fail. Later his character was injured and he exited from the sitcom. We were so upset that we never watched it again.”
The biggest disappointment for Richard Rego from Spring Dale Academy was Charlie Sheen leaving Two and A Half Men. “His character was hilarious. Nobody can ever replace him. I loved his sarcasm and wit. I have watched every episode more than once.”
Nikhil Hatti from Bharti Vidya Bhavans PG College too agrees. “I hate the fact that Charlie Sheen has been replaced in Two and A Half Men. Nothing against Ashton Kutcher but I have been watching Charlie for ages,” he adds.
Murtuza Soofi from Chaitanya Junior College says, “With Chandler and Monica shifting to a new place, it was the end of Friends. We used to call it the baap of all sitcoms. Even if they had hundred seasons of Friends, I would have followed it.”
And with more and more exciting sitcoms being churned out every other month, it won’t be a surprise to witness a cackle of dissent whenever one of them bites the dust.