Even with the laugh track, they are clearly sociopaths. Which is why Always Sunny in Philadelphia is Seinfeld on crack.
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sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 4 weeks agoDo yourself a favor and never watch Seinfeld.
If you take away the laugh track, it is astoundingly clear that the main cast are all just evil, narcissistic sociopaths, they never do anything that doesn’t benefit themselves, and they have no problem at all ruining other people’s days or even lives… ironically with the exception of Kramer, who actually attempts, from time to time, to do good things for other people which will not benefit himself, he just goes about them in often dubious ways.
FiremanEdsRevenge@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
dalekcaan@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I mean, the show literally ends with them all going to prison for generally being pieces of shit. They’re not meant to be role models.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 weeks ago
Wasn’t that the point of the show? I remember it was renowned for being one of the first (if not the first) sitcoms where the characters were meant to be disliked.
boonhet@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Kinda I think. At the end they all went to jail for being selfish assholes. George was never a likable character but he was relatable because you see all your own worst parts in him (and then some)b and with Jerry and Elaine also you see that they see themselves as main characters. Kramer is actually less self-centered I think, but then he literally pinches pennies and schemes to make… Pennies
underwire212@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
It’s why many people didn’t like the finale. At the end, they basically shove it in your face and say “Look- You’ve been laughing and empathizing with shitty people. Look at how horrible they are” and folks didn’t like the wakeup call.
wabasso@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I hated it for being a clip show.
underwire212@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I mean yeah I wasn’t a huge fan. But my parents certainly were lol.
boonhet@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Yeah, same. I think Fresh Prince also did one of those every season after the first one and I just hated them. Like I just binged that season a day ago, why show me?
I suspect in the 90s it would’ve been a longer time since you’d last seen the earlier seasons of a show, but even then I imagine it would’ve been boring if you anticipate new content but have to rewatch old shit instead.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
See, this is why I can’t watch shows like The Office. My sense of empathy and justice kick in hard and I just can’t laugh at what’s going on. Instead I’m just cringing and dying of sympathetic embarrassment, non-stop, the entire time.
realitista@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I can manage the US office but UK office passes my cringe threshold.
pseudo@jlai.lu 4 weeks ago
Me too. It is so paintful. What would dozens of people work to produce that?
hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Always Sunny just leaned into this, and made you fully aware that the main characters are sociopaths. They literally show the progress of how they ruined the lives of the people around them. That’s why I love that show. It’s a perfect example of everything not to do in life if you want to be happy and fulfilled.
FiremanEdsRevenge@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
What I also like about Sunny kinda like Seinfeld is you see the progression from the beginning in the show where they’re sociopathic but still kinda sensible and how overtime they just get more and more unhinged.
In Seinfled, all 4 of them eventually inadvertently kill someone.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Wait really? That’s the first I’m hearing of this. I used to watch a ton of Seinfeld back in the day but don’t remember any deaths.
FiremanEdsRevenge@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Kramer: indirectly kills Pinkis the dry cleaner and Marty Benson.
Elaine: indirectly kills Russell Dalyrmple
George: indirectly kills Susan
Jerry: indirectly kills Fulton
My autism knows no bounds.