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Really jon, I can understand Bjork and Japanamation, but Arrested Development would seem to be right up your twisted alley. But it's ever thus, the things we love we cannot understand others not loving too. The things we don't get, seem strange and impenetrable, and it's unclear why anyone would like them.
but Arrested Development would seem to be right up your twisted alley.
I tried watching, way too "cute," (and by cute I mean smug, arch, and stilted)for my taste. I hate being condescended to by my TV. Last night I watched Sanford & Son, Good Times, and All In The Family back to back. That's when TV was TV, dammit. All hail Norman Lear.
Wow, I find Arrested Development the exact opposite of condescending. It assumes a level of intelligence (lots of callbacks etc.) in the viewer that I find refreshing, and mostly missing on american tv.
and I think the Christina Aguilera pic is pretty cute.
It assumes a level of intelligence (lots of callbacks etc.) in the viewer that I find refreshing,
No offense, gaspode, but that's not entertainment, that's flattery; it makes the audience feel good because they "get," the inside joke and superior to those that don't. I just prefer my humor more straightforward. The older I get, the less patience I have for writers getting "cute."
as for Bjork, I'm not saying she's bad, I've even enjoyed a few of her songs ("Human Behavior," "It's Oh So Quiet," and especially "Birthday," with the Sugarcubes. I just don't understand the wholesale adulation she gets from some people. She's not that good.
Likewise, I don't understand the wholesale loathing people hold for certain things (Chuck Klosterman, Kid Rock, Creed) that I see as fairly harmless. But that's just me, a man without a country. Poor me.
Yep, jon, the sort of humor you describe there, I find condescending. I don't like my jokes to be spelled out for me. For some reason jokes that I have to take half a second to "get" I find a lot more rewarding. Family Guy is king of this.
I guess Bjork is like Kate Bush for the next generation but, while Kate will always have a corner of my heart, I just don't get the Bjork thing at all.
On the comedy front I must confess that Married With Children has become a bit of a guilty pleasure at Dodgy Mansions. It has a terrible reputation but it's actually pretty good once you get past the braying jackasses in the audience. Anyhoo....
It has a terrible reputation but it's actually pretty good once you get past the braying jackasses in the audience.
It's brilliant, scathing (yet sympathetic or at least compassionate) satire in the Archie Bunker tradition. And Ed O'Neill is an underrated actor. I loved him in Dutch, caus ehe kind of reminded me of my Dad. "I'm not your mommy, I'm not your daddy, I'm not your grampy. I don't care whether you live, die or grow roses out your crack!"
I feel like I'm about to retire from the Blue, too. I get more angry at missing the discussion here than if I miss any of the MeFi, and it's a lot harder to keep track of MeFi as well. I stopped doing AskMe months ago as it was just ridiculous.
I feel like I'm about to retire from the Blue, too.
The only time I feel like contributing there these days is when someone says something so obtuse that it can't go unanswered, so I shred. When I feel like being funny or having a pleasant conversation, I come here.
Poor Demi, she looks horrible in that photo. And her childhood, from what I understand, was also horrible. I knew an aunt and uncle of hers, they were very close friends of my grandmother's.
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