Skavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 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-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down14
arrow-up190arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·3 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-up6arrow-down2·3 days agoShe does say “uncomfortable”. Subverting expectations doesn’t have to be uncomfortable.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYeah I think she misspoke. I’ve seen her other shows, as well as heard a few long form podcast interviews with her, and she seems to get it
minus-squareparson0@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 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.
Yeah I think she misspoke. I’ve seen her other shows, as well as heard a few long form podcast interviews with her, and she seems to get it
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.