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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Oct 10
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      It’s a cringe-people show but unlike most cringe-people shows it’s about cringe people living through the mild karmic justice effects of being cringe rather than just happy-go-lucky carrying on being cringe without consequences

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Oct 10
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      It’s an effective mashup of cringe and the older we-lost-everything genre where city people lose everything and go rural (like the Tim Allen one where they become Amish or something). Good combo.

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Oct 21
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      It’s getting steadily better. Very sweet show.

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Oct 21
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      It’s a bit like Arrested Development but somehow manages to be kinder without being sentimental

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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Oct 21
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Andrew Benson

      This is righthttps://twitter.com/pixlpa/status/1319152761410220032 …

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      Andrew Benson @pixlpa
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      we are on s3 now. My wife’s analysis is that although all the characters are cringe/selfish, none of them harbor any malice, so eventually all of them become lovable. Also Catherine Ohara’s accent surfing is amazing.
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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Oct 21
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      Interesting that people find this dumber than Arrested Development. Not sure what that means. I found AS to be a bit overwrought tbh, like a caper movie. Like the writers were showing off to each other. I think I prefer the cleaner lines of SC. The story doesn’t trip over itself.

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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Oct 21
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      Kindness is very hard to write. Most shows land on schmaltz when they aim for kindness.

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    8. Israel Gonzalez-Brooks‏ @izzyz Oct 21
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      SC is like cotton candy comedy. It’s good, not super mean and the lack of psychological depth is refreshing after The Wire, The Shield, GOT, Sopranos lol like how Boardwalk Empire is Sopranos without the psych. “Oh I basically understand this character. Let’s see what he does.”

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Oct 21
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      Those are... odd comparisons. Drama and comedy are not comparable for me since they plumb different kinds of psychological depth.

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    10. Israel Gonzalez-Brooks‏ @izzyz Oct 21
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      Well, like compared to Barry or East Bound and Down. There are points in EBD where Kenny Powers betrays some deep suffering. I’m on Season 2 of SC but I don’t anticipate the characters will ever reveal some underlying “truth” about who they are.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Oct 22
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      Those are the wrong things to be looking for in a comedy I think

      12:00 AM - 22 Oct 2020
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        1. Israel Gonzalez-Brooks‏ @izzyz Oct 22
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          I think the emotional palette of SC is pastel, is what I’m getting at. Nothing tragic happens, everything sorta works out. And that’s ok! That thought was sort of in response to you mentioning people think SC is dumber than AD lol

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