April wouldn't say "I dunno, I haven't dreamed that far yet." She'd just say "Ummmm......" until she came up with a name. Or she'd say "maybe this, or maybe this, or maybe this...." Lynn is always doing this- putting these twee deepities into the mouths of children. It's such sitcom nonsense.
This speaks to an irritating habit she got into: assuming that a lack of concern for the things she fixates on means a lack of intellect. So what if a kid doesn't playact like she understands and appreciates Vivaldi? That doesn't make her the simpleton the hollow and pretentious snob writing this dreck thinks she is.
Also, let's remember that at least April has a dream. Mike's 'dream' is to be carried through life on a damn litter while Liz's dream is to float away to a candy land so she can turn her brain off. Their dreams realized take the form of a self-made hermit everyone makes excuses for and someone who does all the heavy lifting she gets browbeaten into letting her lazy, morose, sunken-chested loser husband take all the credit for. April's dream realized means rolling her eyes at whiny letters about knowing where home is.
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Today's exercise in having a tin ear for how children speak:
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April wouldn't say "I dunno, I haven't dreamed that far yet." She'd just say "Ummmm......" until she came up with a name. Or she'd say "maybe this, or maybe this, or maybe this...." Lynn is always doing this- putting these twee deepities into the mouths of children. It's such sitcom nonsense.
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This speaks to an irritating habit she got into: assuming that a lack of concern for the things she fixates on means a lack of intellect. So what if a kid doesn't playact like she understands and appreciates Vivaldi? That doesn't make her the simpleton the hollow and pretentious snob writing this dreck thinks she is.
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Also, let's remember that at least April has a dream. Mike's 'dream' is to be carried through life on a damn litter while Liz's dream is to float away to a candy land so she can turn her brain off. Their dreams realized take the form of a self-made hermit everyone makes excuses for and someone who does all the heavy lifting she gets browbeaten into letting her lazy, morose, sunken-chested loser husband take all the credit for. April's dream realized means rolling her eyes at whiny letters about knowing where home is.
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Stupid strip forgot that yesterday was Sparky's birthday.
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