# Community, March 22, 2012 - Contemporary Impressionists **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577 "2012-03-23T03:43:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/1 "2012-03-23T03:43:21Z")
Tonight’s episode rocked!!! A mobster French Stewart, Troy and Britta as before and after Michael Jackson, Jeff going berserk, and a lot more. And then there was the ending. It was awesome, but I’m worried about it. As we all know Community has been having ratings problems. Plots like evil Abed trying to get into our timeline is probably something that’s only going to appeal to established fans of the show, like us. I’m worried new viewers might find it too complicated. Kind of like Fringe gets low ratings partially because viewers find it too complicated. I hope I’m wrong though. Six seasons and a movie! ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/2 "2012-03-23T03:52:26Z")
That may have been just a little too random and bizarre for me. Plenty of good moments, but lots of darkness. And I think I’m coming down on the side of really not caring for where they’ve gone with Chang. Did they air the episodes of out of order? Shirley wasn’t wearing a wedding ring. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/3 "2012-03-23T03:54:11Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > That may have been just a little too random and bizarre for me. Plenty of good moments, but lots of darkness. > > And I think I’m coming down on the side of really not caring for where they’ve gone with Chang. You didn’t laugh when he was making that face at the dean? > [@](#): > > Did they air the episodes of out of order? Shirley wasn’t wearing a wedding ring. I don’t know, but I was confused at the beginning when they mentioned new years. At first I thought I was watching a rerun. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/4 "2012-03-23T03:58:41Z")
Yeah, I was thrown for a loop with the weird, “Hey, everybody, welcome back!” opening. I thought the whole show was a little scattered and I didn’t think either the Britta/Jeff or Abed/Troy come to jesus talks were super motivated. At least, I didn’t buy Jeff’s reaction to hulking out or the car conversation. I actually would have really liked to see Troy and Abed grow up a little but I feel like their convo took a left turn into meaningless dramatic lines. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/5 "2012-03-23T04:03:26Z")
Annie’s reaction to Jeff’s shirt ripping hulk was great. And what were all the names on Chang’s ‘medals’? Faith, Charity? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/6 "2012-03-23T06:16:29Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > And what were all the names on Chang’s ‘medals’? Faith, Charity? I don’t remember. When French Stewart’s character and Pierce were mentioning who Pierce could be, did either one say Chevy Chase? Or just Marlin Brando and Burt Reynolds? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/7 "2012-03-23T06:44:23Z")
I liked the Dean’s reaction (or overreaction) to seeing Jeff in aviator sunglasses. Loved Abed playing out _The Fugitive_ at the beginning. I cracked up when French Stewart referred to Troy and Britta as “both versions of Michael Jackson.” Shirley’s Oprah impersonation was great! I wonder where they’re going with the Evil Abed thing? This show is so weird–I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/8 "2012-03-23T06:46:13Z")
Will they have time to deal with evil Abed if they don’t get a season 4? ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/9 "2012-03-23T12:23:49Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > You didn’t laugh when he was making that face at the dean? I had laughs in the episode, but that wasn’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/10 "2012-03-23T12:43:58Z")
I liked the more subtle things, like Shirley gushing about how her children were Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in the Christmas play and adding that she was the casting director. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/11 "2012-03-23T13:52:24Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I liked the more subtle things, like Shirley gushing about how her children were Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in the Christmas play and adding that she was the casting director. I thought that was a great line, too. Who were the impersonators in Troy and Abed’s apartment at the end? I know Patch Adams, Tom Cruise, and Julia Roberts, but I couldn’t figure out the other two. And who else thought Britta as Michael Jackson was super hot? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/12 "2012-03-23T13:58:22Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Who were the impersonators in Troy and Abed’s apartment at the end? I know Patch Adams, Tom Cruise, and Julia Roberts, but I couldn’t figure out the other two. Woody Allen from Annie Hall (lobsters) and (apparently) Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/13 "2012-03-23T14:06:17Z")
I loved the meta-comment during the Evil Abed scene about how inaccessible and dark things were getting. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/14 "2012-03-23T14:30:58Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > I had laughs in the episode, but that wasn’t one of them. Funnier was Chang’s “…until I rise up against you” comment under his breath. Episode needed more of Annie’s boobs. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/15 "2012-03-23T14:34:46Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I liked the more subtle things, like Shirley gushing about how her children were Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in the Christmas play and adding that she was the casting director. Plus her comment that Abed would owe more and more money and hit rock bottom, then have a come-to-Jesus moment, and that’s the way things should play out. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/16 "2012-03-23T14:57:33Z")
I’m going to have to watch it again. My husband stayed home from band practice because he didn’t feel good and so I was distracted. I usually have uninterrupted _Community_ time. I’m not complaining, mind you. Not really. I mean, I’m sorry he didn’t feel good. That’s what I’m trying to say. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/17 "2012-03-23T17:24:37Z")
Better than last weeks! I liked Chang in this one. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/18 "2012-03-23T17:54:06Z")
I think my problem with what has happened with Chang is that while everybody else is a caricature of a personality type, they are just big versions of real people. Chang doesn’t seem to be an extension of anything real. I just don’t find anything he does particularly funny any more. I’m hoping he’s the one who dies and they bring back John Oliver a lot more. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/19 "2012-03-23T17:57:36Z")
I was probably more excited than I should have been to see Blake from “Workaholics” as the doorman at the party. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577/20 "2012-03-23T18:03:11Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I was probably more excited than I should have been to see Blake from “Workaholics” as the doorman at the party. Yep. Same here 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-march-22-2012-contemporary-impressionists/616577.md?page=2)