Have the characters changed during the years?

It seems to me that the four main characters of Seinfeld have changed during the years. Let's see if you agree with me:

1) Jerry - is becoming more and more sarcastic and world-weary. The first few seasons he seemed more happy-go-lucky, upbeat.

2) George - has become more hysterical. He seemed more to grips with his fate of being a loser in the early seasons. Nowadays he's more desperate, a much more bitter man.

3) Kramer - has changed totally. In the beginning he used to be almost hermit- like, and from what it seemed almost totally unexperienced with women. In the early episodes we are given quite a few hints that Kramer is scared to leave his apartment. Something definitely happend along the way.

4) Elaine --- I'm not quite sure about. Her appetite in men has definitely been accelerating, and maybe she seemed a lot angrier and more frustrated in the end.

Do you think these changes just happened along the way, as the series was written? Or was there, from the very beginning a larger plan, to let the characters grow more and more weary and sarcastic and bitter through the years?

I also wonder: Do you feel the changes in the characters make any sense? Are they logical? Or just a sign of inconsistency in the creation process of "Seinfeld"?

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written? Or was there, from the very beginning a larger plan, to let the characters grow more and more weary and sarcastic and bitter through the years?I also wonder: Do you feel the changes in the characters make any sense? Are they logical? Or just a sign of inconsistency in the creation process of "Seinfeld"?>

don't know if I'd say they were more sarcastic and bitter. Certainly not Kramer. I think that's too strong (at least for me). I doubt they planned the changes. I dont see how one can call it inconsistency in the show since humans as a rule are characterized by inconsistency, growth, change. My guess is the development was spontaneous?

I loved the episode that deliberately brought on changes in Elaine and George - the Opposite.

Raining900 wrote:

The first show that made me think that was when jerry agreed to pirate video tapes and then got into it. that was so out of character for him. And to know what it would do to his career (on the show) if he got caught meant that he was now a very different person than the jerry we knew as the rock at the center of this crazy group of four people.

I think the writers changed and did not have the same classic background as the writers in the earlier season. I like those so much more. It seems that at the end they were doing little sketches and yelling at each other alot more.

Didnt that one show that Jerry never changes he always comes out even.

[email] writes:

In general, I don't agree with your summary. All the characters were more frenetic during the last two seasons, they were more like caricatures rather than real people. Not nearly as good. It seems to me they tried to substitute action for wit.

The only evolution I saw was that Elaine grew 'harder' over the years. At the start she was sarcastic and sharp, yes, but she was stiill soft and feminine. Her makeup grew more obvious, (more contrasty) and her character changed too.

Maybe this is the way we all really age?? What happens to all these happy, smiling kids of say six and under one sees in the shopping carts in the grocery stores?? Did someone kidnap them to some foreign country?