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Today's "movie" was a television series.

The first disc of the second season of

The Big Bang Theory.

Once again, I marveled at the dialog which, coming from several nuclear scientists, is heavily laden with physics and math talk. The real thing.

This series does not talk down to its audience. In fact, the physics stuff is all right there on marker boards just for the viewing. Sometimes they are even solving problems at the break in or out.

One wonders if this is all accurate. It is.

David Salzberg PhD is the science advisor and it has to be a lot more than a touch and go job. My guess is that he helps write some of the scripts as well.

The characters do not merely tell jokes. They make jokes in character meaning that the humor is dunked in science.

I also realize that the humor is totally accessible to everyone regardless of background or education. A neat trick if you can do it.

The success of the series is unprecedented. Which says something about television watchers as well as the show itself. There is an audience for good television.

These guys have figured this out and are making a pile out of it. In the meantime we all get to have a good time. Broad band humor. The very best.

Labels: films, television