'A lot of people owe Sarah a lot for doing that show, and she doesn't always get the credit she deserves. She deals with a lot of nonsense, and instead of that nonsense she should be thanked -- and she's not. That's the reason she won't be coming back.'
Wow. Way to make your wife look like a jerk, Mr Junior. Or way to make yourself look like a jerk, Mrs Junior. Either way, the girl got the lion's share of the publicity for the show over seven years. She did some good, and some
excellent
work on it, fair play to her, but it's not like everyone else was having to be carried along by her tour de force performance in each episode. The core cast does not suck. And, frankly, even if the core cast
did
suck, slating them for it isn't particularly smart.
I like calling them Mr. & Mrs. Junior.
I wonder if he wasn't responding to some of the anti-SMG stuff that's out - - the SMG-unlove the surfaces now and then.
I guess one shouldn't even speculate, given only such a wee crumb of information/hearsay -- but the lead failing to attend a wrap party that the rest of the cast went to, if that is indeed what happened, does come across as a big snub to me. Not big with the class. But, as I said, hush my mouth -- not fair to speculate on so little info.
Joss specifically reponded to that comment in the big IGN Film Force article whose link I don't have handy. Not that he says anything particularly striking or inflammatory, but he was definitely familiar with that comment.
Who is Seinfeld?
Catching up and noticed that no one answered Allan. Seinfeld was an extremely popular American sitcom about a comedian (Jerry Seinfeld) living in NYC. He played "himself". It stood out with a radically different sensibility from any other Amercian sitcom I've seen. It's original premise was that it was "a show about nothing". One early episode, for instance, took place entirely in a Chinese restaurant while the main characters waited endlessly for a table. Another took place in a multi-level indoor car park while the main characters searched unsuccessfully for their car. Although later episodes had plots that could be described as Altman-esque (multiple storylines that interweave in unexpected ways), it never lost it's edge (IMO, I'm sure others will disagree).
One of the main characters, George, worked for the New York Yankees. An actor, playing George Steinbrenner's back (we never saw his face) was a recurring character.
Although later episodes had plots that could be described as Altman-esque (multiple storylines that interweave in unexpected ways), it never lost it's edge (IMO, I'm sure others will disagree).
I'd call it a show people either loved or hated. I was in the latter group -- I just never got it.
I loved it. I must confess(darned American Solipsism) I thought he was kidding. I feel terrible, now!
I hated it. Except Kramer.
I hated it all.
Thought it was clever but unengaging.
