Comment by Ylpertnodi
4 months ago
Truth be told, that's all the one of the differences between American and British comedy.
Slapstick is cool, but irony needs to be understood.
4 months ago
Truth be told, that's all the one of the differences between American and British comedy.
Slapstick is cool, but irony needs to be understood.
'Murican sitcoms seem primarily to be written for lowest common denominator with laugh track and all. Occasionally, you get a show written at a smarter level where most people totally miss the comedy, but they tend to last 1-2 seasons at most because of it. So I have a rule on streaming content that if it is a network sitcom with lots of seasons, I'm not going to watch it.
*Just to mention, I grew up on BBC in America on my local PBS station with shows like Red Dwarf, Black Adder, Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances, Father Ted, etc. That probably explains my dislike for sitcoms