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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
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   The True Melissa   wrote:   
   >Verily, in article <10a4mni$nple$1@dont-email.me>, did   
   >YourName@YourISP.com deliver unto us this message:   
   >> The same can be said for all the attempted American remakes of various   
   >> British comedies. Americans just don't get British comedy ... probably   
   >> because the shows rarely have lots of loud-mouthed idiots shouting   
   >> garbage, like most American "comedies" do.  :-p   
   >>   
   >   
   >Our comedies have gotten away from that, actually. That's the stereotype   
   >from the 90s and some of the Aughts, but comedies no longer focus around   
   >how "funny" some jerk is.   
   >   
   >Even in the 80s, this was a problem. They weren't yet basing entire   
   >series around what a jerk one guy was, but many passed off simple   
   >insults as jokes, relying on the laugh track to make us think there'd   
   >been a witticism.   
   >   
      
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