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Word: smutcom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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Usage:

...grimly aggressive caricatures swat each other with gag lines. Mary Richards' chic office wear is declassé; this year's line consists of tank tops and tight jeans. Goodbye, Golden Age of TV comedy; hello, Little Annie Fanny. Watch 'em and weep: the age of the smutcom is upon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Bodies in Question | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...breath. The show can not see the farce for the tease. The actors exaggerate their gestures grotesquely, as if performing R-rated charades for the nearsighted. Too Close for Comfort marks a milestone in TV history: the eclipse of a fine comic actor, and the full festering of the smutcom. Never has the medium more fully deserved its reputation as the boob tube...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Bodies in Question | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

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