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People are so used to the same standard, cheap brand of self deprecating humor that anything else comes off as “egomania”
by jslaD 4y ago
People are so used to the same standard, cheap brand of self deprecating humor that anything else comes off as “egomania”
- danielbarla 4y ago> The show was successful because I micromanaged it—every word, every line, every take, every edit, every casting. That’s my way of life. In which he takes sole credit for the success of something a fair few people had a hand in. Not to mention luck, etc. I'm fairly sure this qualifies as egomania.
- danielmarkbruce 4y agoWhat if he's just right? As an example - there are a lot of smart people at Tesla, and there have been for years. If you'd have put me in charge of it 10 years ago it would be dead. Dead dead dead. Elon makes a big difference. He's done it several times. Some people actually are the differentiator.
- kortilla 4y agoClaiming that you are crucial to a project is not the same as taking sole credit for it. This is one of the biggest things I see software engineers struggle with in both hiring and annual reviews. They are so afraid to point out why they were critical for a project that they end up marketing themselves as a ride-along, which does not look good.
- Broken_Hippo 4y agoNote that no one would expect Seinfeld to not be a crucial part in a series that is named after him. He could have said things like, "I always think my micromanaging was what made it successful, but lots of folks worked really hard on the show" He didn't, though.
- slothtrop 4y agoIn that particular sentence, no.
- angryGhost 4y agodoes being part of a project because of lack of resources count as being critical?
- Fervicus 4y ago> In which he takes sole credit for the success of something I don't think he has ever taken sole credit for the show, neither in this interview or in the plenty of others I have read or watched.
- nxmnxm99 4y agoAre there lots of people disputing him? Or are you just reading into something with no foreknowledge?
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- donatj 4y agoIt literally has his name on it.
- brandonmenc 4y agoIn the supplementary behind the scenes footage, the other cast members specifically mention that their job was easy in comparison because they showed up, said their lines, then left for the summer, while Jerry (and Larry, when he was working on the show) were putting in grueling, obsessive 18 hour days, all year long, for the duration of the series.