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I probably won't stick with Space Force. I think I find the massive budget and stakes distracting.
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One more for 101...
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I just started watching Seinfeld for the first time.
Pretty funny! Wonder why it never really caught on.
Pretty funny! Wonder why it never really caught on.
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I might have said this before, but when I was studying in China our student group's "unwind with Americana" evenings were watching episodes of Seinfeld from a bootleg dvd series we picked up. It's a funny show.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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It's one of those shows that it's become cool (or something) to dismiss. And it can be critiqued for being a celebration of upward mobility even as it mocks social manners—I mean, when you're doing well, the only thing to fight about are manners—but the humble and wry view of life, that we're all absurd animals who constantly trip over ourselves is still enjoyable.
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I like it. It's a nice place to hang out. George is part of all of us.
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No joke there.Silent Majority wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 2:51pmI like it. It's a nice place to hang out. George is part of all of us.
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Just started on Seinfeld as part of my comedy binge, like revisiting a dear old friend. Takes a while into S2 until it clicks. Once they figured out Kramer, it was full steam ahead. The london calling of sitcoms for me.
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Those involved with the show point to the Chinese restaurant episode as the one where they found their style and purpose—the one where what they were doing was distinct from others.Low Down Low wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 4:23pmJust started on Seinfeld as part of my comedy binge, like revisiting a dear old friend. Takes a while into S2 until it clicks. Once they figured out Kramer, it was full steam ahead. The london calling of sitcoms for me.
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Ah, the one with Kramer not actually in it! Haven't got to it yet, from memory it's not over heavy on laughs but there's a lot of mojo in it. To bring an entire script based on 3 guys just standing in a queue took some chutzpah I'd say. Can see how that set a marker for the show alright.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 4:38pmThose involved with the show point to the Chinese restaurant episode as the one where they found their style and purpose—the one where what they were doing was distinct from others.Low Down Low wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 4:23pmJust started on Seinfeld as part of my comedy binge, like revisiting a dear old friend. Takes a while into S2 until it clicks. Once they figured out Kramer, it was full steam ahead. The london calling of sitcoms for me.
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That's right—Kramer isn't in that one (never really registered). As I recall, they really had to fight with the network to do that one because the suits said that there's no story to it, so audiences will be bored or confused. The episode makes me think of something George Carlin once said: Stuff that we all do but never talk about is funny. And audiences, I think, got that—something we can all relate too, especially because it's so mundane.Low Down Low wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 5:23pmAh, the one with Kramer not actually in it! Haven't got to it yet, from memory it's not over heavy on laughs but there's a lot of mojo in it. To bring an entire script based on 3 guys just standing in a queue took some chutzpah I'd say. Can see how that set a marker for the show alright.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 4:38pmThose involved with the show point to the Chinese restaurant episode as the one where they found their style and purpose—the one where what they were doing was distinct from others.Low Down Low wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 4:23pmJust started on Seinfeld as part of my comedy binge, like revisiting a dear old friend. Takes a while into S2 until it clicks. Once they figured out Kramer, it was full steam ahead. The london calling of sitcoms for me.
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Yeah i think the secret is all wrapped up in the mundanity somehow. I've always thought of it a bit like a David Foster Wallace novel, only funny.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 6:00pmThat's right—Kramer isn't in that one (never really registered). As I recall, they really had to fight with the network to do that one because the suits said that there's no story to it, so audiences will be bored or confused. The episode makes me think of something George Carlin once said: Stuff that we all do but never talk about is funny. And audiences, I think, got that—something we can all relate too, especially because it's so mundane.Low Down Low wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 5:23pmAh, the one with Kramer not actually in it! Haven't got to it yet, from memory it's not over heavy on laughs but there's a lot of mojo in it. To bring an entire script based on 3 guys just standing in a queue took some chutzpah I'd say. Can see how that set a marker for the show alright.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 4:38pmThose involved with the show point to the Chinese restaurant episode as the one where they found their style and purpose—the one where what they were doing was distinct from others.Low Down Low wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 4:23pmJust started on Seinfeld as part of my comedy binge, like revisiting a dear old friend. Takes a while into S2 until it clicks. Once they figured out Kramer, it was full steam ahead. The london calling of sitcoms for me.
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So for me there's a couple of things. It was a funny show. There was a distinct lack of people of color in the show. For a show based in NYC that seems impossible unless somehow deliberate. Larry David, to his credit addresses this in his show.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 12:53pmIt's one of those shows that it's become cool (or something) to dismiss. And it can be critiqued for being a celebration of upward mobility even as it mocks social manners—I mean, when you're doing well, the only thing to fight about are manners—but the humble and wry view of life, that we're all absurd animals who constantly trip over ourselves is still enjoyable.
The other thing that bugged me was when Michael Richards went on that racist rant during a stand up gig and nobody from the show had much to say about it.
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Definitely. That's what I was getting at about the celebration of upward mobility. It existed in a world where social inequalities are weird grievances of manners. It had a distinct Clinton liberal self-congratulatory vibe. Non-whites exist primarily for flavouring. It was an illustration of the criticism of multiculturalism as white normativity with tolerance for non-whites in supporting roles.revbob wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 6:37pmSo for me there's a couple of things. It was a funny show. There was a distinct lack of people of color in the show. For a show based in NYC that seems impossible unless somehow deliberate. Larry David, to his credit addresses this in his show.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 12:53pmIt's one of those shows that it's become cool (or something) to dismiss. And it can be critiqued for being a celebration of upward mobility even as it mocks social manners—I mean, when you're doing well, the only thing to fight about are manners—but the humble and wry view of life, that we're all absurd animals who constantly trip over ourselves is still enjoyable.
I recall Jerry Seinfeld going on Letterman(?) and trying to advocate for his friend. I can appreciate their difficulty in figuring out how to balance their disgust (I hope) with their friendship. That's not a defence, mind you, only an understanding of the conflict when a friend fucks up so powerfully. Larry David did play around with it a bit in an episode of the Curb season about the Seinfeld reunion, tho whether that was handled dismissively is each person's call (I found it funny but an evasion).The other thing that bugged me was when Michael Richards went on that racist rant during a stand up gig and nobody from the show had much to say about it.
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