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> Virtually every sitcom episode demonstrates a moral lesson in their A-plot. Seinfeld may be a major exception to this rule.
by lqet 6y ago
> Virtually every sitcom episode demonstrates a moral lesson in their A-plot.
Seinfeld may be a major exception to this rule.
- humanrebar 6y agoI don't think so. It's just the lessons were through bad examples. George wouldn't let something go. Jerry would be an overly critical boyfriend. Kramer would reject good advice. All of them lied, gossiped, and snarked about their social circles constantly.
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- slg 6y agoYeah, the show literally ends with the four of them in jail due to their moral failings. They are anti-heros that serve as a counterexample to acceptable behavior.
- paganel 6y agoWas thinking of Seinfeld, too. I’d add “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (of course), “Arrested Development” and even “The Office”.
- lqet 6y agoI wouldn't add either the British or the American "The Office" to that list. Just think of the relationship between Jim and Pam in the American version, there are clear moral lessons there.
- setr 6y agoAnd everyone else was pretty much examples of "what not to do", though the characters themselves rarely learned the lesson
- paganel 6y ago> Jim and Pam in the American version In my mind I've decided that those two are the negative characters, as in "this is what you people should do/be like", while the rest of the characters I find way more truer to life.