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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Apr 22, 2019 20:16:41 GMT
I love the U.S. version of The Office in general, but there's an episode early in season 3 about Oscar being gay that I can't help but cringe at now. It definitely feels very 2006 in its treatment of the topic, and it's sort of a weird episode in an otherwise great season.
Other examples of episodes or moments in sitcoms that feel dated now?
Doesn't necessarily have to be from TV, could also be from a comedy film.
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Post by stephen on Apr 22, 2019 20:36:20 GMT
90% of the interactions in Friends.
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Post by Christ_Ian_Bale on Apr 22, 2019 22:56:53 GMT
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Post by AKenjiB on Apr 23, 2019 6:10:05 GMT
There’s an episode in a later season of Boy Meets World where Shaun and Topango kiss for some university film or something. Even though it was just acting, Cory becomes really jealous. At some point, he and a neighbor in his apartment begin crying together over Cory “losing” his girlfriend and the neighbor tells Cory he’s also experienced heartbreak. Cory screams “Topanga!” and the man screams “Fred!”, with the joke being that the neighbor is gay and was dating a man. Cory observes that the neighbor’s arm is around him and has a look of disgust on his face.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Mar 3, 2021 2:14:12 GMT
Been rewatching a lot of Seinfeld lately... it's my all-time favorite show, and Season 4 is probably my favorite season, but there's a cringey moment in the Smelly Car episode when Kramer "turns" Susan's girlfriend straight. This is the same season that features the Outing episode with the famous "Not that there's anything wrong with that!" catchphrase - an iconic episode I still find hilarious even if Vulture ranks it as the second worst episode. That episode still holds up for me because the show is at least self-aware about the homophobia of its characters, and it comes across to me as a critique of their heterosexual male fragility. That part with Kramer in the Smelly Car episode, on the other hand, I find more problematic than anything in The Outing and it's also the only episode in that season that doesn't really have any big laughs for me, though the titular plot is still pretty funny. |
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Post by stabcaesar on Mar 3, 2021 2:43:34 GMT
A lot of Sex and the City would never fly these days.
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