Tracy: Shirt on or off, Sean?!?
After listening to Mo Ryan and Ryan McGee's podcast on the State of the Sitcom, I realized that good comedy is much more subjective, and opinion based, than good drama. Listening to them wax on about how great The Big Bang Theory is, and continue to trash on Community, made me think that not only do normal people have amazingly erratic thoughts about sitcoms, but so do critics.
I guess one of the main problems I have with critics' feelings about comedies, is that they always give off this feeling that the show needs to be realistic and make sense. No, it doesn't. After complaining about the lack of realism in some comedies, Ryan and Ryan went on to talk about how they liked 30 Rock because it had a niche.
Yeah, that niche is being funny. A sitcom, unlike a drama, shouldn't have to feel realistic. A certain type of comedy can, but it's not inherent to be good. 30 Rock is completely ridiculous and because of that is funnier than most shows.
My review of last night's 30 Rock, "Reaganing", is up over at TV Fanatic. I didn't find it as funny as last week's "Live Show", mainly because there weren't as many good jokes. Just because the live show was a bit off putting in terms of look and feel, that doesn't mean it wasn't funnier than almost all the episodes from last season.
30 Rock 505 - "Reaganing"
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