GRAB THE REINS...it's a sitcom

I can't believe all of the babbling nonsense I'm reading in this group. I've lurked for quite some time, and often the inanities got to the point of me simply leaving the group for a while, but this is ridiculous.

Susan's dead. So what?

She died and it was funny...when did that become a crime? Seinfeld has dealt with death, tragedy, and disease in that manner from the beginning.

The Bubble Boy. A boy so sick he can't be exposed to the elements outside of his own tiny bubble. That is a depressing story. How dare Seinfeld mock that!

The theft of the bread. Jerry actually stole bread from an elderly woman. Good God, doesn't he have a heart. How could anyone find something like that funny?

A psychiatrist using subtle mind control techniques to continually date rape Elaine. That's a hoot, isn't it...

Or the portrayal of Susan's mother...how dare they mock alcoholics in this fashion. How dare they!!!

I hope you see my point. Susan passing on was hysterical. George's continuous attempts to get out of the marriage were a riot. The smoking, the prenup, the whole ball of wax. And the irony of the cheap invitations being the key to her demise was classic.

Was it a little drastic? No more so than any of the other hyperbolic "Soup Nazi", "Taking Bread from an Old woman", "the book return episode", or just about any other Seinfled episode.

If the show is half as good next season as it has been, I'll be a regular viewer. So grab the reins people and remember what this is. Susan was a speck on the Seinfeld universe, it is time to move on...

[email] (Jim Macchione) wrote:

I just love it when people who are so much better than the rest of us get a chance to post. It makes us realize how stupid and insinificant we are. We are ever so fortunate that you have chosen to grace us in this hour if our greatest inanity. Thank you, Jim, for your kind and generous insults.

Monty

   You tell him Monty!  And Jim, there's the door. You obviously
   don't read too many newsgroups. If it's SO painful for you, why bother??

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Monty Thanks for misrepresenting what I've posted. I appreciate it. Nowhere in the text of my post do I presume to be "so much better than the rest of us" as you claim. Did I criticize the current trend of postings? I sure did. Did I say that they were ridiculous and inane? You betcha. Is this an insult to anyone? I certainly hope not. If people think they don't say idiotic things, if people think that sometimes their posts aren't flat out ridiculous then they are deluding themselves.

The death of Susan was fantastic. It was funny. She died from licking 200 envelopes. She did something stupid, she paid the price. It's obvious she was completely idiotic, she was planning on marrying George afterall...or have we all forgotten that?

The difference was how the writers turned a potentially unfunny situation on it head -- they led the audience to sympathize with George, and cheer against the Bubble Boy by making the sick child a horribly annoying brat that nobody could stand regardless of his heath status. In addition, they seemed to be making a point that not all sick people are saints who deserve unqualified love and sympathy. Susan's death was not set up at all. The audience did not have the ability to see her demise as an acceptable situation that could sit well with them AND be laughed at. It just seemed to be an easy way to get rid of a long term "problem" for George.

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Oh gosh...I missed another important message from the sage writers of Seinfeld. Not all sick people deserve our sympathy. Something we should remember. And folks..pay more attention to the wisdom that the Seinfeld writers are trying to pass on to us. We should be taking this show a lot more seriously. While pretending to be a show about nothing, it really is a morality fable replete with lessons to help us improve our attitudes and way of life. I know it is hard sometimes to pay attention to these messages when we are caught up in trying to find clues to determine the ethnic and religious background of the characters, but we must make the effort.