Subj : a "show about nothing"?
To   : Dennis Katsonis
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Sep 11 2020 07:16:00

Hello Dennis!

** On Friday 11.09.20 - 09:33, Dennis Katsonis wrote to August Abolins:

 DK> I watched a film adaptation of Waiting for Godot, and it was boring.  Two
 DK> people on the side of a road talking.  Yet for some reason, I watched to
 DK> the end...

Yeah.. I vaguely remember hearing about that one. The book was  
an assignment in English class. The teacher had a few students  
act it out in front of class - I was the donkey.  I refused to  
commit to writing the essay/study assignment.   Hence, the  
film probably did not appeal to me 20+ years later.


 DK> Seinfeld still had jokes, and didn't rely too heavily on character
 DK> quirks, which more contemporary comedies such as Modern Family tend to
 DK> do.

Seinfeld *did* have its share of reliance of character quirks:  
Kramer - the way he would slide into the apartment to announce  
himself and other physical acting, his gibberish and weird  
sayings; George - a bit neurotic and slow witted?; Elaine -  
gets angry easily; Newman - petty, vindictive and the way  
everyone would acknowledge him by saying his name slowy when  
he showed up.  Well, you get the idea.


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