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I'm not complaining... ;-) -- Because that show, more than any other I ever remember following (including several iterations of Star Trek, Quantum Leap, and Max Headroom) really was about Geek Pride as its subject matter and theme.
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Anyway, one of the videos related to Chuck that I watched, recently, was a two-hour interview/conversation with the star of the show (Zac Levi), and I was rather chuffed to hear him define "nerd" in the same basic way I define "geek" (someone who cares more for the subject of their passion than they are worried of making a "sideshow freak" of themselves, by expressing that passion).
So this post has two main purposes: To express a tiny "hooray!" that I'm seeing more people express my broader definition of "Geek" than just a math/science/computer whiz, and:
To state my newest realization: That "Geek" and "nerd" are more synonymous than I've long given them credit for. "Geek" dates back to the 15th Century, it's true. But its modern incarnation was as a side-show exhibit. "Nerd" was a word invented by Dr. Seuss. But it was a word for a creature in a zoo. In other words, both "Geek" and "nerd" are framed in the context of being stared at.
It has one secondary purpose: all this thinking about thinking about geekdom prompted me to go look through my archives for this post, which was written as an expression of frustration that Network TV (NBC) shows so little respect for Geeks (Chuck): More Geek pride geekery. I closed that post with the following:
"I was going to go on, and write further about geekery and disability. But this has taken up too much space-time already."
...And now, I must admit that I can't remember a jot of what I wanted to say about the disability connection. Oops?
Maybe it will come back to me...But here's the scene from Chuck that inspired that post:
( More detail than is warranted about the now-dead series, including a video clip of a scene that made me cheer out loud when I saw it on my TV. I think I may actually have said: 'Squee!' )
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Anyway, one of the videos related to Chuck that I watched, recently, was a two-hour interview/conversation with the star of the show (Zac Levi), and I was rather chuffed to hear him define "nerd" in the same basic way I define "geek" (someone who cares more for the subject of their passion than they are worried of making a "sideshow freak" of themselves, by expressing that passion).
So this post has two main purposes: To express a tiny "hooray!" that I'm seeing more people express my broader definition of "Geek" than just a math/science/computer whiz, and:
To state my newest realization: That "Geek" and "nerd" are more synonymous than I've long given them credit for. "Geek" dates back to the 15th Century, it's true. But its modern incarnation was as a side-show exhibit. "Nerd" was a word invented by Dr. Seuss. But it was a word for a creature in a zoo. In other words, both "Geek" and "nerd" are framed in the context of being stared at.
It has one secondary purpose: all this thinking about thinking about geekdom prompted me to go look through my archives for this post, which was written as an expression of frustration that Network TV (NBC) shows so little respect for Geeks (Chuck): More Geek pride geekery. I closed that post with the following:
"I was going to go on, and write further about geekery and disability. But this has taken up too much space-time already."
...And now, I must admit that I can't remember a jot of what I wanted to say about the disability connection. Oops?
Maybe it will come back to me...But here's the scene from Chuck that inspired that post:
( More detail than is warranted about the now-dead series, including a video clip of a scene that made me cheer out loud when I saw it on my TV. I think I may actually have said: 'Squee!' )
