Skavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days ago‘Friends’ Star Lisa Kudrow Says New Sitcoms are ‘Too Afraid’ to Make Jokes That Make People ‘Uncomfortable’: ‘I’m Not Buying It’variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link‘Friends’ Star Lisa Kudrow Says New Sitcoms are ‘Too Afraid’ to Make Jokes That Make People ‘Uncomfortable’: ‘I’m Not Buying It’variety.comSkavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoI hate Friends, and it wasn’t until relatively recently that I’ve realized that Lisa Kudrow is actually funny despite how bad that show was. I think you’re misinterpreting the quote. Comedy is about subverting expectations. I think that’s what she was trying to say.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoShe does say “uncomfortable”. Subverting expectations doesn’t have to be uncomfortable.
minus-squareparson0@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI’m no Friends fan either but I suggest Lisa’s show The Comeback to get an understanding of what she thinks about sitcoms and how she interprets uncomfortable. It’s brilliant TV.
I hate Friends, and it wasn’t until relatively recently that I’ve realized that Lisa Kudrow is actually funny despite how bad that show was.
I think you’re misinterpreting the quote.
Comedy is about subverting expectations. I think that’s what she was trying to say.
She does say “uncomfortable”. Subverting expectations doesn’t have to be uncomfortable.
I’m no Friends fan either but I suggest Lisa’s show The Comeback to get an understanding of what she thinks about sitcoms and how she interprets uncomfortable. It’s brilliant TV.