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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Dan Schneider
ColbertoReporto — 11 years ago(February 03, 2015 12:04 PM)
I say this as a big fan of his since
Drake & Josh
. Basically all his shows feature prominent bullying in some way. Every show has a very mean main character and/or someone who is teased or antagonized somehow.
Megan is a mini sadist in
Drake
.
Zoey 101
shows Stacy bullied passively and actively.
Then onto
iCarly
, we get Sam with her record and physical tendencies.
Victorious
has Trina always shunned and sneered at, plus Jade's high coldness. Not to mention Robbie and Sinjin getting bullied sometimes by their own friends.
Sam & Cat
continues with Sam, plus Dice who is shown to be picked on some.
Finally,
Henry Danger
has lil' sis Piper who is like a baby Sam, perhaps worse.
Now, 2000take a look at the
Thundermans
. Similar Nick show but there's no bullying or sadism noticeable, even with a "super villain" for a son. And on Disney, there's no characters that behave like Schneider's. Like I said, I'm a fan so I don't mean to totally slam the shows. Not to mention, some slapstick et al is expected on a kid's show, and is fine to a scale. But Dan's shows seem to show outright coldness, schadenfreude, and Libertarian social darwinism almost.
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skywatcher123 — 10 years ago(July 25, 2015 07:05 PM)
I honesty love the trends in his shows. And I like Piper more than Megan, at least Piper is nice sometimes. And I guess what's different about Piper is that she is obsessed with social media, which I love about her character. I guess Piper kind of is like a baby Sam xD. Idk what I'm saying.