Draft definition of cringe comedy, since I don’t like what I’ve found so far: based on empathy towards mediocre people trying and failing to meet ordinary expectations of functional adult behavior. It’s not extreme or absurd situations. Fingernails-on-chalkboard.
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It planted some seeds esp with George, but I think curb your enthusiasm really inaugurated the genre. It was a decade ahead of its time. And it was basically “the real George”
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