Re: S06E03: The Gift of the Maud Pie

















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SlateSlabrock
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Soft Snow wrote:I thought the episode was funny. But Headless Horse didn't find it funny. And I value and cherish his opinion. Now I'm questioning if I even did find it funny at all.
Headless Horse wrote::cry:
Not my intent. It could always be that I was not in the right mood for it this time around? Or that my sense of humor isn't the same as everyone else's, or that what I want out of the show isn't the same as what you all do.
I mean, usually the overlap is pretty heavy.But not always.
MurdER_weapOn '78 wrote:I think this is quite a divisive episode, there's some people giving it high praise (like me) and others calling it bland (or worse).
The Doctor wrote:Even Maud is a lot of fun in the episode, and I say that as someone who doesn't really care for her continued presence on the show.
The Doctor wrote:Having rewatched it, I still enjoyed it quite a bit. Even Maud is a lot of fun in the episode, and I say that as someone who doesn't really care for her continued presence on the show.
Sidotsy wrote:I like Maud but I'm way more interested to see Pinkie interact with her actual TWIN SISTER. Or am I wrong about the twin part.. gonna have to find a clip and watch it again. I swear it said they were born together only minutes apart. Yup, a few minutes younger than Pinkie, so twins. Are twins rare in Equestria? We only know of two pairs, Pinkie and Marble and then the Cake twins, right?
Highbrow Dash wrote:Maud was great in her episode, they're just overusing her a little.
We got the joke, it was funny, no need to bring her back if you're not gonna do something interesting with her
Sidotsy wrote:Out of the three other sisters she's the only one that travels, so it makes sense. Marble is too shy and Limestone 'runs' the quarry. Still, I'd rather see either of the other two at this point.
The Doctor wrote:
Marble has kind of the same problem for me. She's a Fluttershy clone. I can kind of understand why they did it. In an episode with so many new characters, there wasn't time to develop everyone.
Now, Limestone, I would like to see more of her. She's probably angry because two of her three sisters ditched the farm, leaving her with more work.
The Doctor wrote:My issue with Maud is more that she's (sorry for the pun) a one trick pony. I love straight-man humor, but with her it just seems like the same joke. Like Pinkie's song. She's reserved, she almost never shows emotion.
If Maud was less moments that are just a joke about how stoic and reserved she is, and more moments like at the end of this episode where she actually talks to Pinkie, I think I would like her more. Not everyone is emotional, certainly not as much as Pinkie, and I don't mind a reserved character, but I just think more could be done with it.
Fizzbuzz wrote:At this point Maud really doesn't seem like a joke at all to me. Sure, her reserved nature gets used a lot, but I don't really see it as being used for humorous purposes. That's just the way she is and it makes for interesting storytelling when you've got someone like her involved in these sorts of scenarios.
Headless Horse wrote:
That may be one of the issues with her. The Doctor put his finger on it: it's "straight man & clown" comedy, but the problem is that Maud isn't the straight man. She's the clown. Her reserved stoic-ness is the joke; the comedy ostensibly arises from Pinkie acting "normally" toward her and she reacts in ways we don't expect.
This is such an inversion from the usual role Pinkie plays against anyone that it's leading to no small amount of cognitive dissonance. I mean, in A Friend In Deed she was definitely the clown even though she was the POV character; Cranky Doodle was the straight man, the audience insert, suffering along. Even in introspective Pinkie episodes like Party of One, the audience is relating more to the other ponies trying to tiptoe around her craziness than to Pinkie as she descends into madness, even though she's right up front and center. Pinkie as the straight man doesn't leave a whole lot of room at the edge of the spotlight for another clown.
Sidotsy wrote:I like Maud but I'm way more interested to see Pinkie interact with her actual TWIN SISTER. Or am I wrong about the twin part.. gonna have to find a clip and watch it again. I swear it said they were born together only minutes apart. Yup, a few minutes younger than Pinkie, so twins. Are twins rare in Equestria? We only know of two pairs, Pinkie and Marble and then the Cake twins, right?
Headless Horse wrote:
That may be one of the issues with her. The Doctor put his finger on it: it's "straight man & clown" comedy, but the problem is that Maud isn't the straight man. She's the clown. Her reserved stoic-ness is the joke; the comedy ostensibly arises from Pinkie acting "normally" toward her and she reacts in ways we don't expect.
MurdER_weapOn '78 wrote:There would have been some serious aggro if the pouch pony had refused to comply with her.
Mysteryman wrote:The statue had hoofhands. It didn't in its first appearance:
Or maybe there are two statues.
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