"The Slicer" = Not bad, not great.

SEINFELD REVIEW

11/17/97

I finally watched "The Slicer". I wasn't overly impressed by anything in this episode except for Kramer's metamorphasis into a dermatologist. I think his accidental introduction into the medical world was a great idea, but the writers didn't fully capitalize on the comic possibilities. I have a bit of an affectionate view towards Kramer. He's so weird and child-like that I am becoming to accept him more and more. I preferred the old Kramer - the eccientric genious - but the new Kramer I can live with as well. He is simply the most enjoyable character on Seinfeld at this point in the season. Nevertheless, there needs to be improvments made in his plot lines, and in M. Richard's acting.

There were technical problems. The lights are so bright that Jerry's hair looks like it's covered with snow in every scene due to what appears to be industrial-strength flourescent lights installed by the hundreds on every set. The studio audience clearly isn't as fluid and real as in episodes from a few years back. In fact, I noticed that the audience in "The Soup Nazi", which aired tonight, was much more natural than anything I've heard this season.

Jerry wasn't very good in this episode. He was high-strung, and irrational. Remember his "Pimple popper" deal? I thought he was simply out of control. He's lost that sensibility that he became famous for in the Old episodes.

Elaine's plot was mediocre; nothing greatly interesting or funny. Her performance was so-so.

George was also high-strung. I liked the idea behind the plot, but the part where the "Foto" guy drew in that cartoon in place of George's boss on the picture he was "touching up" was completely unrealistic.

Overall, the episode wasn't as wacky as previous episodes this year. But by no means is Seinfeld "back", or returning to it's "glory years" of comic genious. The past few episodes have slowly improved, but not enough to give the show any kind of boost of comic originality and beauty.

At the current rate that Seinfeld is improving, I would say that hopefully, by the end of the season, Seinfeld will have regained the respectability that it maintained during the middle of the 95/96 season.

Rating: C

Justin Tribble Sedona, Az.

Could you be a little more picky??

u make me sick i hate it when people say the chareters are diffrent i think there still the same and i do agree that at lest this season kramer has made the most laghs

You wouldn't know the complexities of Seinfeld from a hole in the ground.

Justin T.

[email] (KRAMER6554) wrote:

Good God man, who taught you how to spell, use appropriate sentence structure, and punctuate? If you are a typical new Seinfeld target viewer perhaps the shows have gone down hill.

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I cannot stand when people beat other people over the head with manners. So what if that person has a hard time spelling? What's the difference? Some people can't spell, others can't use proper grammar, and some can't "punctuate" correctly. Oh well. Get over it.

On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:34:32 -0600, "Scott Letteney" wrote:

*Downhill* is one word. Also there shouldn't be a comma after *structure.*

;-)

Rob

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Now you're critiquing Seinfeld's studio audience?? Ha!

Ted

Justin Tribble wrote:

Ted Nesi wrote:

Ted, you took 98 lines to say this. I am not reading your posts until you remove the excess baggage.

MsLiz