Bravo, Glenn. A brilliant review and spot on too. I also agree completely about the Seinfeld thing. I've come to understand that it's easier to make comedy when your tools are stupid or mean people. But there was no one on Seinfeld to like. No one. It was funny, but I hated watching how mean they were. I've been on the other end of that kind of meanness too much, and it wasn't funny then. It was only funny to watch because it was so well written and performed.
Spot on about the Friends being compelling *because* they were growing. And you totally pegged those elements that helped it stand out in it's medium/genre too. I've always maintained that *even though* just about any creative endeavor can be called art, to be *good* art, outstanding and posessing a shelf life beyond it's fad stage, that the work has to transcend it's medium somehow. "Friends" accomplished that first by "making you care about people who don't exist", and also by breaking past the usual barriers/borders of it's genre.
Kudos also for a post that not only talks about the item in question, but thru it gives an incredible insight into Glenn as a person.
We disagree about too many things. I'm so glad we liked "Friends" and tended to grow weary of "Seinfeld" for the same reasons. That says alot about how successful they were at hitting their marks, but it also says we have some good things in common. That's a good thing to find in your day.
Thank You.
PS entry was long. So what? Some things are worth consuming that aren't byte sized and condensed.
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I also agree completely about the Seinfeld thing. I've come to
understand that it's easier to make comedy when your tools are stupid
or mean people. But there was no one on Seinfeld to like. No one.
It was funny, but I hated watching how mean they were. I've been on
the other end of that kind of meanness too much, and it wasn't funny
then. It was only funny to watch because it was so well written and
performed.
Spot on about the Friends being compelling *because* they were growing.
And you totally pegged those elements that helped it stand out in it's
medium/genre too. I've always maintained that *even though* just about
any creative endeavor can be called art, to be *good* art, outstanding
and posessing a shelf life beyond it's fad stage, that the work has
to transcend it's medium somehow. "Friends" accomplished that first
by "making you care about people who don't exist", and also by breaking
past the usual barriers/borders of it's genre.
Kudos also for a post that not only talks about the item in question,
but thru it gives an incredible insight into Glenn as a person.
We disagree about too many things. I'm so glad we liked "Friends" and
tended to grow weary of "Seinfeld" for the same reasons. That says
alot about how successful they were at hitting their marks, but it
also says we have some good things in common. That's a good thing
to find in your day.
Thank You.
PS entry was long. So what? Some things are worth consuming that
aren't byte sized and condensed.