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<blockquote data-quote="Taylor Bennett Jr." data-source="post: 266791" data-attributes="member: 2740">It’s possible they played up the barely-pubescent boy angle with Peter&nbsp; - the high-pitched voice, the ridiculous cut-off t-shirts, the fact that he and John Ross were ‘friends’ - giving the storyline an intentionally uncomfortable, even Oedipal feel, but like others above I think it would have gone over much better with the viewers if they’d chosen a different actor.As [USER=22]@James from London[/USER] has pointed out, many of the younger ‘male love interest’ characters seemed like they’d been transported from the 50s - Mitch, Peter, even Kit Mainwaring.&nbsp; I’m not sure the reason for that, but I think it hurt the effectiveness of the characters.&nbsp; Interestingly, the character in that age range who wasn’t anachronistic like that, Mickey Trotter, is almost universally more liked than the others.&nbsp; Does anyone actually say “man, I wish they’d kept that Mitch around longer - he and Lucy were such a great couple!”?I know he has some strong ‘non-fans’ here, but imagine Brad Pitt in the role rather than as Charlie’s dopey boyfriend.&nbsp; He was actually about the same age as the Peter character at the time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Taylor Bennett Jr., post: 266791, member: 2740"] It’s possible they played up the barely-pubescent boy angle with Peter - the high-pitched voice, the ridiculous cut-off t-shirts, the fact that he and John Ross were ‘friends’ - giving the storyline an intentionally uncomfortable, even Oedipal feel, but like others above I think it would have gone over much better with the viewers if they’d chosen a different actor. As [USER=22]@James from London[/USER] has pointed out, many of the younger ‘male love interest’ characters seemed like they’d been transported from the 50s - Mitch, Peter, even Kit Mainwaring. I’m not sure the reason for that, but I think it hurt the effectiveness of the characters. Interestingly, the character in that age range who wasn’t anachronistic like that, Mickey Trotter, is almost universally more liked than the others. Does anyone actually say “man, I wish they’d kept that Mitch around longer - he and Lucy were such a great couple!”? I know he has some strong ‘non-fans’ here, but imagine Brad Pitt in the role rather than as Charlie’s dopey boyfriend. He was actually about the same age as the Peter character at the time. [/QUOTE]

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