Monday, 31 October 2016

Penguins eat fish!

I have been watching a bunch of TV lately as one way to take a break from homework and to alleviate the tension of waiting for Season 7 of The Walking Dead.  One show that I enjoy is Gotham, which stars the character Penguin played by Robin Lord Taylor.  

I am more interested in the character Oswald Cobblepot aka Penguin as opposed to the actor because he is all grey; he is a bad guy with a moral high ground or a good guy with the moral low ground. 

Whenever he comes on screen I always cheer for him, whether he kills people for fun or need, he always comes out on top.  He is humble and is forgiving when he gets bullied or beaten up.  He owns up to his mistakes and just tries to make wrong, right.  He just wants to be King of Gotham City.  He loves his mother so much and even if she makes a fool of herself by singing off-key on stage, he sees only her beauty and love.

I love that he has a disability, with a splayed foot, he walks like a penguin yet he looks debonair and handsome with his signature 1960's suit, pointy shiny shoes and black umbrella.  He is proven to be an essential character in the show.  With manipulation and deceit, its hard for me to predict his next move and that is the reason he is fun to watch.

The scene I really liked is when he expresses to  Edward Nygma (Riddler/Friend) that he is afraid of Fish Mooney (his ex-boss) and Nygma with sleight of hand creates an origami penguin and says, "Always remember, Penguins EAT fish!"

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