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Word: dramanot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Comedy of DramaNot coincidentally, none of these shows - with their filmlike editing and numerous outdoor and location scenes - look much like the sitcoms of a decade ago. One reason sitcoms guttered out after Seinfeld may have been their predictability: too many people sitting on couches, peeling off one-liners. Seinfeld was the apotheosis of this kind of comedy, but like Raymond Carver, it inspired numerous lesser imitators that made the same approach seem stale and empty. It takes real genius to pull off a show about nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Laugh Track Required: The Comeback of the Sitcom | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

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