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"God'll get you for that, Walter": Watching 'Maude'
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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 394600" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>Having watched the first episode, I didn't care much for it either; I'm not even particularly enthusiastic about moving onto the second part. Sitcoms rarely handle serious matters well, not even Lear's shows for all their fame in handling hot topics. All too often, sitcoms have characters handle "problems" that were never indicated previously and will probably never be referred to again. This feels contrived and isolated. </p><p></p><p>With Walter's drinking problem, there was at least some precedent as the Findlays, and Walter in particular, were shown in S1 to be frequent drinkers. Yet even still, the "problem" felt abrupt with no previous hint his drinking was problematic. This storyline would have needed more than 2 episodes to be convincing. The only sitcom to really handle serious issues well was ROSEANNE, at its peak, which ran narrative and character arcs that would stretch over entire season(s). </p><p></p><p>I also didn't care for the mix of humor to seriousness. Not that comedy and serious issues can't work together, just not in this manner. I've been around drunk people a lot in my life and yet I have never encountered a drunk person who acts like Hollywood <em>thinks </em>drunk people behave. Walter's funny drunk routine felt vaudevillian, and the switch to seriousness less believable. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Stay away from 90s American sitcoms, where audience <em>hooting </em>became a thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 394600, member: 5079"] Having watched the first episode, I didn't care much for it either; I'm not even particularly enthusiastic about moving onto the second part. Sitcoms rarely handle serious matters well, not even Lear's shows for all their fame in handling hot topics. All too often, sitcoms have characters handle "problems" that were never indicated previously and will probably never be referred to again. This feels contrived and isolated. With Walter's drinking problem, there was at least some precedent as the Findlays, and Walter in particular, were shown in S1 to be frequent drinkers. Yet even still, the "problem" felt abrupt with no previous hint his drinking was problematic. This storyline would have needed more than 2 episodes to be convincing. The only sitcom to really handle serious issues well was ROSEANNE, at its peak, which ran narrative and character arcs that would stretch over entire season(s). I also didn't care for the mix of humor to seriousness. Not that comedy and serious issues can't work together, just not in this manner. I've been around drunk people a lot in my life and yet I have never encountered a drunk person who acts like Hollywood [I]thinks [/I]drunk people behave. Walter's funny drunk routine felt vaudevillian, and the switch to seriousness less believable. Stay away from 90s American sitcoms, where audience [I]hooting [/I]became a thing. [/QUOTE]
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