# Community - observations of a couple of strange casting choices **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 16, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603 "2021-07-16T02:41:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/61 "2021-07-19T00:50:34Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > So that was probably one of the lines that stuck out to me as a bit off. That was a line from _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ episode 3x20, _The Prom_. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/62 "2021-07-19T01:09:04Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > That was a line from _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ episode 3x20, _The Prom_ . Heh. Well done, you got me, I should have recognised the Buffy line, because I was a big Buffy fan. But I don’t remember every single line from Community, so I assumed that you were quoting something from Community. That is a reasonable assumption, isn’t it? If your point is that other TV shows also tried to justify potential relationships with huge age and maturity differences, then, well, that’s not a great argument. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/63 "2021-07-19T01:14:22Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > If your point is that other TV shows also tried to justify potential relationships with huge age and maturity differences, then, well, that’s not a great argument. No, I was saying that Annie (and Cordillia) were both legal adults. They could date 25 year-olds, 50 year-olds, or 90 year-olds if they wished. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/64 "2021-07-19T01:28:52Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > No, I was saying that Annie (and Cordillia) were both legal adults. They could date 25 year-olds, 50 year-olds, or 90 year-olds if they wished. OK. Did you think I was saying it was illegal? JIC, no, I wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/65 "2021-07-19T02:36:22Z")
Jeff’s lack of emotional maturity is constantly referred to in the show. So even though that’s a Buffy line it fits Jeff to a tee. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/66 "2021-07-19T07:21:55Z")
The fact that Annie, while naïve and inexperienced, was probably the most mature and intelligent member of the group made their relationship slightly more palatable. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/67 "2021-07-19T07:41:56Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > You do understand that Joel McHale was never a lawyer? And that none of the actors actually were attending a Community college during the run of the show? Why aren’t you objecting to that? Which only reinforces my opinion that the most [Method actor](https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/daniel-day-lewis-method-acting-stories) of them all, Daniel Day-Lewis, wimped out by _not_ taking a bullet to the head while researching _Lincoln_ ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/68 "2021-07-19T07:42:54Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Jeff’s lack of emotional maturity is constantly referred to in the show. So even though that’s a Buffy line it fits Jeff to a tee. The problem, however, is that Jeff is not intellectually at the same level as Annie, and is quite manipulative. He very much could have taken advantage of her naivete, which is what I believe makes it seem uncomfortable. I’ve known couples with disparate ages who didn’t feel that way, but it was because they seemed to be at the same level in most ways. If anything, being emotionally more mature wasn’t a problem. I would also opine that, as the show progressed, Brie started looking older than Jacobs. Their skin just aged differently. It’s not that I couldn’t accept Annie as being young, but more that Britta didn’t seem to age. That said, I do know people who age slowly and people who age quickly. I had a friend who looked older at 21 than people I knew in their 30s. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/69 "2021-07-19T08:34:42Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Glover was also slightly too astoundingly handsome, as well as sociable and intelligent, to be believable as never having any luck with the ladies. That did start being an in-joke after a while but at the beginning it really just seemed like they hadn’t realised how attractive he was. I don’t think it was ever a running thing that Troy was always striking out with women. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/70 "2021-07-19T09:10:36Z")
> [@zbuzz](#): > > I don’t think it was ever a running thing that Troy was always striking out with women. If anything he did put them off from nerd behaviours, but not a complete failure with them as far as I remember. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/71 "2021-07-19T14:09:30Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Glover was also slightly too astoundingly handsome, as well as sociable and **intelligent** Are we talking about the same Troy? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/72 "2021-07-19T14:42:55Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Are we talking about the same Troy? Are you giving him an all tomato to prove it? ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/73 "2021-07-19T15:38:30Z")
I think it was the butt stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603/74 "2021-07-19T16:33:10Z")
Gotta ask, was the relationship between Britta and Troy (9 year age difference) inappropriate? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603.md?page=3)