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Huh, I always figured the flawed or sometimes even detestable nature of the characters was part of the shtick. Like It’s Always Sunny…
by sixstringtheory 4y ago
Huh, I always figured the flawed or sometimes even detestable nature of the characters was part of the shtick. Like It’s Always Sunny…
- inkcapmushroom 4y agoI'm with the other commenter, I understand it's part of setting up the jokes and sort of an excuse for why they never grow as a character but it still makes it really unenjoyable to watch for me. I couldn't do Arrested Development or Archer for the same reason, after watching one or two episodes I just feel mad.
- NikolaNovak 4y agoYeah, I couldn't do Arrested Development either! I just wanted to shout at characters to stop being idiots over and over and over again :) (Archer for some reason I enjoyed in small portions; I think the clearly surreal fictional overly-exaggerated animated nature turned off some "suspension of disbelief / empathy" switch that most people can turn off with Seinfeld)
- NikolaNovak 4y agoIt absolutely is; it's the main schtick and premise of the show; it clearly resonated with wide audience, I'm just an outlier for whom it really didn't work. (FWIW, I'm also the kind of person that didn't love "Everybody Loves Raymond"; it just seemed that characters never learned or tried to get better or showed real empathy / awareness of each other. The schtick seemed that he would "Cluelessly try to get away with stuff" and she would get upset and he would do something sweet and she'd forgive him. Episode after episode season after season. Something like first few seasons of "Mad About You" always seemed more enjoyable, funnier, and more relatable :)