I agree with rachel that the pro-Owen/anti-Owen positions have become too extreme to be interesting. The haters are so angry and refuse to see any redeeming qualities in the man at all. The defenders get, well, defensive and therefore can't concede that any of Owen's behavior is worthy of criticism. What is so interesting about both Cristina and Owen is that they are flawed people, with some huge weaknesses along with their great strengths. The fun was watching these two damaged people try to figure out how to have an intimate and honest relationship. If the show were a little better written, we'd be talking about that instead of dealing with all the name-calling and accusations.
This interview may have been damage control, but if that was the goal, why do it on fancast.com? Is that site so widely visited and followed that it is a good place to get this message out? Maybe the message is being sent in that calculated way, or maybe KMK was just describing his view of the scene honestly. What he said is consistent with what he said before the episode aired. Not all, but many of the accusations about Owen's supposed "ambiguity" about Teddy came primarily from the way certain scenes were sort of "filtered" through the comments in the writer's blog and on the podcast. That's where I think there was some fan manipulation going on, and unless Shonda's intent was to make fans angry at Owen's character, it seems to have back-fired.
As to whether the Owen-bashing on TWOP or elsewhere really has an impact on Shonda, I'm not so sure. If she really gave a damn about fan criticism, the "Dead Denny" story line would have been ended at the earliest opportunity. Instead, she dragged it through all of season 5 and included a special feature about it on the Season 5 DVDs. So I think she will do whatever she does, and to hell with all of us!
I agree that Teddy will cultivate at least a close professional relationship with Cristina, and perhaps a friendship as well, and that that will create tension between Owen and Cristina over the next few episodes. But as to Teddy meeting "all" of Cristina's needs - - well, unless they are planning on re-visiting Callie's story line and having Cristina re-examine her sexuality, there are some needs I think she will keep going to Owen to have met. And I'm happy with that, because I don't think that Owen's character has been as damaged as some others believe. As I said at the beginning, I don't think he was never supposed to be perfect, and not just because of the PTSD (and, BTW, I do NOT think he's been given a "pass" because of that). Cristina is far from perfect too. But I still like them together, and I hope that Shonda & Co decide to keep them that way.
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Date: 2009-12-21 01:24 am (UTC)This interview may have been damage control, but if that was the goal, why do it on fancast.com? Is that site so widely visited and followed that it is a good place to get this message out? Maybe the message is being sent in that calculated way, or maybe KMK was just describing his view of the scene honestly. What he said is consistent with what he said before the episode aired. Not all, but many of the accusations about Owen's supposed "ambiguity" about Teddy came primarily from the way certain scenes were sort of "filtered" through the comments in the writer's blog and on the podcast. That's where I think there was some fan manipulation going on, and unless Shonda's intent was to make fans angry at Owen's character, it seems to have back-fired.
As to whether the Owen-bashing on TWOP or elsewhere really has an impact on Shonda, I'm not so sure. If she really gave a damn about fan criticism, the "Dead Denny" story line would have been ended at the earliest opportunity. Instead, she dragged it through all of season 5 and included a special feature about it on the Season 5 DVDs. So I think she will do whatever she does, and to hell with all of us!
I agree that Teddy will cultivate at least a close professional relationship with Cristina, and perhaps a friendship as well, and that that will create tension between Owen and Cristina over the next few episodes. But as to Teddy meeting "all" of Cristina's needs - - well, unless they are planning on re-visiting Callie's story line and having Cristina re-examine her sexuality, there are some needs I think she will keep going to Owen to have met. And I'm happy with that, because I don't think that Owen's character has been as damaged as some others believe. As I said at the beginning, I don't think he was never supposed to be perfect, and not just because of the PTSD (and, BTW, I do NOT think he's been given a "pass" because of that). Cristina is far from perfect too. But I still like them together, and I hope that Shonda & Co decide to keep them that way.