Re: Which one is best?
yardgames said:
I mean, it takes someone really dumb to make Francis look smart.
Really? I have a completely different take on it.
I would have said, it takes someone really careless to make Francis responsible; or it takes someone really soft to make Francis stern.
Otto isn't supposed to be particularly dumb. Wasn't he the head of a factory before he moved to the US? He's just careless or inexperienced or too nice.
Also, Francis isn't supposed to be particularly dumb either. He's not smart, but not stupid. He's average. His main issue in the previous seasons was that he was carefree. He knew there would be consequences for the things he did, he just didn't care.
And, I would say that the change was real. Francis doesn't "seem" a certain way because of Otto. He
became a certain way because of Otto. Because there was no one (like Lois or Spangler or Lavernia) to keep things in order, he had to take charge.