SCHMIGADOON! Reviews- Page 5

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 5/11/26 at 1:06am

Not really. You’re mentioning more of the opposites attract trope—where two people think they don’t even like each other at first but if you peel away the layers they actually have something the other person needs and they help each other grow.

They’re also the fantasy Schmigadoon is pulling apart on purpose. The show wants to say that those tropes are a fun fantasy but don’t work as real love.

 

Josh and Melissa, on the other hand, just felt like they’d been together a couple of years and he especially never really liked her or her interests and she just tolerated him and they both would have been better off just breaking up and finding someone they’d be happier with. I don’t feel the show ever gave me a reason to root for them.

 

 

[Melissa25]

Posted: 5/11/26 at 9:14am

BroadwayGirl107 said: "Josh is a dick who yucks other people’s yum. Like…just dump him, girl. Why does this show want me to root for a couple that always seemed mismatched?"
 

This. This. This.  Otherwise I had a great time at Schmigadoon!

 

[Wick3]

Posted: 5/11/26 at 10:09am

BroadwayGirl107 said: "Not really. You’re mentioning more of the opposites attract trope—where two people think they don’t even like each other at first but if you peel away the layers they actually have something the other person needs and they help each other grow.

They’re also the fantasy Schmigadoon is pulling apart on purpose. The show wants to say that those tropes are a fun fantasy but don’t work as real love.

Josh and Melissa, on the other hand, just felt like they’d been together a couple of years and he especially never really liked her or her interests and she just tolerated him and they both would have been better off just breaking up and finding someone they’d be happier with. I don’t feel the show ever gave me a reason to root for them.
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I thought he liked her. Josh's attraction to Melissa was certainly more than his dislike of musicals. This is why he never broke up with her. I see what you mean though that the show didn't give a reason to root for them since I was also surprised with the ending.