“You hear that, Elizabeth? I’m coming to join ya, honey!”: In Defense of the Conventional Sitcom
I’m not a fan of the mockumentary sitcom. It’s become a barrier of entry for me with shows like Parks and Recreation and Modern Family. Indeed, I think it’s a crutch that sitcoms are starting to rely on, much to their detriment. I was going to let my dislike of the format speak through my silence on the shows.
But then Matthew Gilbert over at the Boston Globe had to go and poke the bear. Gilbert extolls the format for providing the “still-needed alternative for the sitcom genre as a whole” and for shows that use the format as the “essential weapons in the battle against sitcom predictability.” And he pays the shows that use the format the ultimate compliment by declaring them “anti-sitcoms.”
At this point, I feel it’s best to crank the laugh track dial up to 11. Read more »
- February 14, 2010
- Noel
- Rant
- All in the Family, Cheers, How I Met Your Mother, I Love Lucy, mockumentary, Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, Scrubs, sitcom, The Office