Fans debate whether "The Chinese Restaurant" is a great episode or overrated, with mixed opinions on its experimental real-time structure and humor despite general appreciation for its bold writing.
Doug sez:
Oh they do do they? And did you take a poll to arrive at this conclusion???
No, NO NO!!!!
I do not agree with you - and I know few fans who do.
It was a great episode and actually the majority DID LIKE IT.
So there!
more from Doug...
au contraire - GREAT PLOT - Frustration!
Loved it - loved the dare of her stealing food.
Great - he had a chance to spout off! :)
We love it!
Doug - What do you mean by that? How do you arrive at this????
Donna - (Just challenging your logic...)
donna tschetter ([email]) wrote:
Alright, to settle everyone's arguing, I polled 500 people in the 904, 305, and 206 area codes with the following results (margin of error +-.5%):
Did like the episode: 48.3% Did _not_ like it: 22.5% Haven't seen it: 25.4% Undecided, yet seen it: 3.8%
Once again, margin of error is +-.5%. I would also like to thank the fine citizens of: Miami, Jacksonville, Gainseville, St. Augustine, and Trenton, Florida, as well as the citizens of Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, and Olympia, Washington. Thanks you for clearing up the issue!
On 18 Jan 1996, donna tschetter wrote:
Experimentally the episode is brilliant -- pure nothingness. It's in real time, right down the interrupted sentence at the commercial break in the middle. But as for laughs, it's not at the high end in my book.
In article , Raymond H Sikorski wrote:
Personally I've never seen the big deal about this episode. I can fire off about ten other episodes, that were better written ,better acted out and overall funnier. But the biggest problem with this is obvious. Where the hell is Kramer!!! I'm sorry Kramer by far is the funniest and an episode without everyone ensemble, just doesn't work for me with Seinfeld.
I thought it was brilliant. What a challenge!!! The whole show takes place in the waiting area of a restaraunt. Just as Hitchkock was challenged to make a movie of people adrift in a Lifeboat. How can you keep the audience's attention with just one setting?? With excellent writing.
Mary Ellen