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don't like it/get it
I'm not sure there's a lot to get.
Awkward social interaction and the questioning and subversion of social norms.
It's the Office meets Entourage.
Fun fact, both Gervais and Wahlberg don't eat in Larry's restaurant because he refused to give a begrudging apology for ripping off of their ideas.
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Fun fact, both Gervais and Wahlberg don't eat in Larry's restaurant because he refused to give a begrudging apology for ripping off of their ideas.
Sounds like an ideal plot for Curb.
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It's the Office meets Entourage.
Seinfeld ran from 89-98.
Office - 2001 to 2002
Entourage - 2004 to 2010I think you can see which way the derivation ran.
I'm pretty sure Gervais might have done quite a lot of ripping off first (see stapler in the jelly which he stole from Office Space, 99. (Mike Judge).
Anyhow, Penguin (Sky/HBO) is a nice dark show, but I can't help think Colin Farrell in prosthetics is just a bad Tony Soprano version...
itsbruce
Arvy.
There are great eps of Seinfeld the best being s3-s8 but I know lots of Brits don't like it/get it.
But if you didn't enjoy it, definitely give it up!
I'm a huge Curb fan and you might find some similarities but the characters are meant to be more objectionable than the Seinfeld quartet. Palestinian Chicken (a specific episode) remains one of the best 30 mins of television I have ever seen.
If however you don't enjoy the comedy of discomfort/awkward social interaction, give it a miss. My other half used to leave the room as soon as she heard the tuba on the intro...