Seinfeld
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A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
The emotional tenor is therefore pre-Darwinian, any possibility of human mutation, development or evolution flatly rejected. Characters only circle each other, pursued by a supporting cast of cranks, eccentrics and misfits.Seinfeld’s singletons are achingly self-aware; the Friends friends don’t even know they’re in a TV show. They have shapely, winning flaws, not sordid neuroses. Optimistic, improving, they do silly things to cheer each other up like put turkeys on their head. They move to the suburbs to start families. There’s a lot of hugging.
“Seinfeld,” often referred to as a show about nothing, transcends its comedic roots by embedding profound social psychology lessons into its narrative. In the famous series finale, Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer are arrested under the “Good Samaritan Law” for not aiding a carjacking victim, brilliantly highlighting the bystander effect.
