• jonne
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    1 month ago

    It was always weird to me that the supposed comedian was the one playing it straight in the show, unless that was a meta joke, I guess.

    • celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      I like the idea of that being a meta joke, it certainly seems like everyone in Jerry’s life is a wacky cartoon character and the “professional comedian” is the normal guy. There are some legitimately funny moments with Jerry over 9 seasons, but a lot of his dialogue is basically “did that just happen?!?” type reactions.

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        1 month ago

        but that’s a result of how they wrote the character Jerry, not necessarily a reflection of Jerry the real person.