[CAR-PGa] Re: "geek" stereotypes on 30 Rock

On Feb 24, 3:52 pm, Ted Skirvin <tedskir...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I saw an episode of 30 Rock last night entitled "Leap Day". One
> character was an internet billionaire who was portrayed with
> stereotypical geek mannerisms and speech patterns. It was clear the
> show intended to portray him in a negative light. At one point he is
> talking to the main character and he describes how he has a table for
> D&D that comes up out of the floor of his house on a motorized
> platform.

The more I thought about this the more I decided it merited an
article: http://www.examiner.com/rpg-in-national/30-rock-bites-the-d-d-geeks-that-feed-it

Thanks for pointing it out!

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