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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 417054" data-attributes="member: 23">That one got me, too. That bitterness comes across in the video you posted. I suppose deep-rooted sibling resentment and disappointment over being unappreciated in the family is always especially good for this. That too came across strongly from the sketch above. As one of a series of sketches it would be fine, but because it felt loud and broad I&#039;d find it exhausting to watch this in a half hour sitcom week after week. I can imagine a little toning down would have been a good thing for the series. Yes, this seems to be something that, certainly at this time, distinguished American and British sitcoms. Just this week, I&#039;ve watched videos of a young Millennial American reacting to Fawlty Towers and Keeping Up Appearances. In both cases he commented surprise that the lead characters were so unlikeable (I think he spent half the Fawlty Towers episode waiting for the lead character to arrive, before realising he was already watching him).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 417054, member: 23"] That one got me, too. That bitterness comes across in the video you posted. I suppose deep-rooted sibling resentment and disappointment over being unappreciated in the family is always especially good for this. That too came across strongly from the sketch above. As one of a series of sketches it would be fine, but because it felt loud and broad I'd find it exhausting to watch this in a half hour sitcom week after week. I can imagine a little toning down would have been a good thing for the series. Yes, this seems to be something that, certainly at this time, distinguished American and British sitcoms. Just this week, I've watched videos of a young Millennial American reacting to[I] Fawlty Towers [/I]and [I]Keeping Up Appearances[/I]. In both cases he commented surprise that the lead characters were so unlikeable (I think he spent half the [I]Fawlty Towers [/I]episode waiting for the lead character to arrive, before realising he was already watching him). [/QUOTE]

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