Susan's Death is a Hoax

I don't believe she's dead. I think she told the Dr. to tell George & co. that she died from the cheapie stationary glue so she could get out of the wedding.

She'll be back!

[email] (Greg Pronevitz) wrote:

You might want to think about that a little, Greg. She didn't need to go to great lengths to get out of the wedding. All she had to do was tell George that she didn't want to get married. George would have been ecstatic. Besides, if it was just a ploy to get out of the marriage, then she'd have to stay in hiding or leave town so George would accidently run into her. Susan was not the type to go through this kind of elaborate plan if she didn't want to marry George. She didn't have any trouble breaking up with him the first time and I doubt she'd have trouble this time. She's not shy or faint-hearted in the least. Now, I can see George pulling a stunt like this.

There is a possibility that the envelopes only made her sick and she faked her death to see what Georges reaction would be. If that is the case, then the season opener will be a Jim-dandy. But that would probably be her last episode, because than she really would break it off with George. Unless George did some fancy lying and got himself right back into the engagement.

Who does she think she is, Arnie?

Monty

In article Monty D. Martin, [email] writes:

Unless being engaged to George was rubbing off on her.

It *does* seem like something George would do, doesn't it?

Meghan

In [email] (Greg

I think that if she were to come back, it would be to the chagring of many sienfeld fans. Her presence on the show was not meant to be a big one from the beginning, as she was never that funny to begin with. Although the way the writers handled her death was not that great, I dont think they want to revive her.

[email](Lidia LoPinto) wrote:

Although not that funny, Susan was the only normal person on the show! That ending really left me cold.

No, wrong, she WAS funny. And her presence led to such beauts as the Cheever Letters and the Marble Rye.

Joe

What is the point about whether Susan was or wasn't funny? Hasn't anybody heard of a "straight man"? It's a comedic device which isn't used as much as it used to be, but it involves one person acting "straight", allowing the "funny" character to play off him. Abbott and Costello were a prime example of the straight man/comic duo. You couldn't have one without the other. In fact, the straight man often earned a higher salary, since the conventional wisdom of the day ruled that comics were a dime a doze n, but a good straight man had the necessary timing to really build the jokes.

Today, the lines are drawn between the straight man and comic a little less clearly. Susan was of course pure straight man, and she perfomed exceedingly well in that role. I found her exchanges with George terrifically funny-- especially the Art Vandelay import/export inquisition which winds up with Susan decking George. Also, the pre-nuptial agreement scene was classic. She has a way of intimidating George that is priceless, and you can see that when she condescends to him, he's usually hugging a pill ow for moral support.

Jerry also plays straight man to the other three, but gets his own jokes as well (I mean, he is a standup comic). Since J.S. is a big fan of Abbot and Costello (ref. the tribute special he did a couple of years back), I expect that he sees himself in the straight man role, and I know that the original concept was to have Jerry and George as a comic duo. The comedy duo concept has lain largely fallow in recent years, but besides Abott and Costello, some of the great practitioners in the past have included Olsen and Johnson, Martin and Lewis, and, to a lesser extent Hope and Crosby, and Lemmon and Matthau.

So whether Susan is "funny" or "not funny" really misses the point, which is whether or not her presence made for a funnier show. I think it did. A cringing, squirming George cowering before Susan was absolutely priceless.

She was funnier before she got hitched - her greatest moment : the reaction shot to Kramer's vomit !!

[email] (SFELMA) wrote:

you mean before she got engaged?  i don't think she lived to get
hitched.
-----------------------from Dallas, TX-----------------------

[email] (Greg Pronevitz) wrote:

I don�t know if that�s how it will happen, but I don�t believe she�s dead either. As clever as Seinfeld�s writers are you�d figure they wouldn�t let this situation end in such a lame way. Maybe I� m giving them to much credit, who knows?

I never saw any real chemistry between George and Susan. Susan seems to have come in from another show. I doubt very much that she will be back. Her end though did leave me cold.