Ah shit, this might be hedgehog stories vs fox stories. Szplug.
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Hmm. Strong vs weak halo effect stories. High vs low charismatic energy. Confidently wrong vs superforecaster storytelling.
Harmon is fun but likely on the wrong side of this particular divide.
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This is probably too esoterica reach but Harmon is Heideggerian while Adams was Sartrean. I think.
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“A montage is a movie apologizing for reality”
Why can’t I come up with lines like this
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Ok the movie Abed makes “Chief Starr and the Raiders of the Galaxy” is awesome and basically the trailer for Rick and Morty
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The two shows I’ve liked recently are at extremes. Expanse is unironically played straight. No genre self-awareness showing through, just technically polished late-stage mature genre art. But clean, without baroque or mannerist excess. Community is 10 levels of self-aware irony.
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Both are very late stage though, in their respective art forms. I haven’t really liked any early stage stuff. Like “quasi-reality cringe comedy about awful people” is a newish genre I don’t enjoy.
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Thinking of Fleabag era not the older Always Sunny/Office/Curb Your Enthusiasm era.
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Trying to think of other genres that emerged recently 🤔
Was Mr. Robot the beginning of one?
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Ah re: Cringe... it’s Millennial cringe I don’t vibe with I think. The older stuff has a clear X-ish sensibility.
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Next do Letterkenny. I think you'll hate it but its kind of interesting writing and kind of a new genre.
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