tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648225290958354850.post899273145567469958..comments2023-03-23T08:58:56.336-07:00Comments on Dissecting the Frog: Donnchadhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06068516532219248680noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648225290958354850.post-66143625527454530182011-11-20T06:59:56.513-08:002011-11-20T06:59:56.513-08:00Revisiting it probably wouldn't make you chang...Revisiting it probably wouldn't make you change your mind, you do have a good case. The format is shoddy, intentional or not, and though I think Moffat's writing makes it work in spite of itself, it'd have been preferable if he went a more traditional route.<br /><br />I also wouldn't put too much weight on my biased view, after all Community is my favourite sitcom and it's a quite brazen meta club on in-jokes and comedy nerdism.<br /><br />Planning to look at Life's Too Short? I've not seen it, but I'm hoping it's good enough to shake my quite jaded view of contemporary UK sitcoms. The 6 episode, 30 minute, 2 season, 2 writer, 4 character, 2/3 setting blend of eccentricity, culture clash, and misery is becoming tiresome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648225290958354850.post-61868038920086027592011-11-19T09:27:03.722-08:002011-11-19T09:27:03.722-08:00It works! I can post on my own blog!
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Al...It works! I can post on my own blog!<br /><br />Sorry...<br /><br />Alex, you may be right - you seem more familiar with the series than I am.<br /><br />Having said that, when I first saw an episode, I made a point of watching a second one straight after, just to see if that would be as bad as the first. It was. <br /><br />I found the 'deliberately 2D' characters you mention grating in the extreme, and the standard of dialogue to be pretty shoddy. No matter how tightly plotted and scripted a sitcom of this sort is, if the lines aren't funny it's not going to work (in fact, the undoubted slickness irritated me further).<br /><br />But in light of your post, maybe I should revisit it, see the light and proclaim Coupling the Great Lost Sitcom...Donnchadhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068516532219248680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648225290958354850.post-39133711423573088062011-11-19T09:21:20.429-08:002011-11-19T09:21:20.429-08:00Sample comment.Sample comment.Donnchadhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068516532219248680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648225290958354850.post-83772285192497768062011-11-18T18:49:44.950-08:002011-11-18T18:49:44.950-08:00Interesting, I thought Coupling was one of the bes...Interesting, I thought Coupling was one of the best UK sitcoms to come out in recent years.<br /><br />I really liked the established character traits, deliberately 2D and stereotypical without trying to hide it (Not Going Out employs a similar tactic but falls flat on its face in the process).<br /><br />I thought the real genius was juxtapositioning the characters with intricate tightly written plotlines. It was also gifted at using callbacks to maximm effect. <br /><br />Moffat's exceptional at employing a Rashomon style, with the episode Nine and a Half Minutes deserving to be regarded as one of the finest sitcom episodes ever made.<br /><br />That said, I could see how you could easily reject it on sight, the tone is very unusual and at a glance looks a lot like Two Pints of Lager and Nine Seasons of Shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com