Comparison:
[Leonard Hofstadter:]
Why? She sick of talking to the magic mirror on the wall?
Screenwriters Holland, Kaplan, and Howe reached back to Snow White for this EQ reference to quickly communicate “Leonard's“ dissatisfaction with his maternal unit. Interesting how rhetors can rely on cultural knowledge to encourage completion of a metaphoric loop.
Context:
[Penny Hofstadter: as her phone chimes:]
Leonard, did you really just text me from the couch to put extra mustard on your sandwich?
[Leonard Hofstadter:]
I was worried you might not check your e-mail.
[Penny Hofstadter: as her phone chimes again]:
I swear to god, I will throw this out.
[Leonard Hofstadter: ]
That one was not me.
[Penny Hofstadter: checking her phone:]
Oh, wait, it was just your mom.
[Leonard Hofstadter:]
My mother's texting you?
[Penny Hofstadter:]
Yeah. We've been talking a lot lately.
[Leonard Hofstadter:]
Why? She sick of talking to the magic mirror on the wall?
Citation:
Holland, Steve, Eric Kaplan, and Jeremy Howe. “The Explosion Implosion.” S-11, E-4. Big Bang Theory, CBS, 16 Oct. 2017.
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