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Seinfeld says that far left woke mobs have killed comedy. He also dated a 17-year-old. (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by BonesOfTheMoon to c/microblogmemes

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[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

But you have to look at it within the context of the time. At that point, even the horrible people had redeeming qualities. Archie Bunker was a right-wing racist, but his heart was often in the right place. Murphy Brown was horrible to her coworkers, but she fought for the right causes.

And then Seinfeld came out. Everyone in it was horrible. Irredeemably so. There was just nothing else like it at the time.

It also did some really interesting things in terms of experimentation with what you could do with a sitcom, like the episode that takes place entirely while they are waiting in a restaurant for Chinese takeout.

It's a totally outdated concept now because it's been done again and again, but it was pretty revolutionary at the time. Personally, I credit this to Larry David, not Jerry Seinfeld.