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"Nice Guys"--in fiction.
May. 10th, 2011 05:21 pm(If you aren't familiar with the Nice Guy phenomenon, here are some articles to remedy that.)
I've recently been plowing my way through Frasier. Frasier was one of those shows that, as an early teenager, if it happened to be on, I would watch it and enjoy it, but I never really went out of my way to catch it. But lately I've grown tired of listening to music while I work, so I've instead started putting TV shows on as background noise--M*A*S*H, 3rd Rock From the Sun, and yes, Frasier (I'm hoping to work my way back to The Golden Girls, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and maybe even Designing Women--if only for the retrolicious fashion and '80s entrepreneurialism).
Anyway, Frasier is one of those sitcoms I've grown to heartily enjoy. It's smart, sarcastic, funny (the rare bits of physical comedy are some of the most hilarious I've ever seen), surprisingly (or perhaps unsurprisingly, as it's focused on a psychiatrist) intellectual, and at times, incredibly poignant. No doubt this has to do with the relationships in the series (you know me and relationships), and just how very real and complex they are. Truly, this show had some fantastic writers. Last night, I actually stopped what I was doing to fully focus on one particular episode (8x19), because it was so wonderfully, tactfully, and realistically handled.
( Thar be spoilers (and video) ahead. )
I've recently been plowing my way through Frasier. Frasier was one of those shows that, as an early teenager, if it happened to be on, I would watch it and enjoy it, but I never really went out of my way to catch it. But lately I've grown tired of listening to music while I work, so I've instead started putting TV shows on as background noise--M*A*S*H, 3rd Rock From the Sun, and yes, Frasier (I'm hoping to work my way back to The Golden Girls, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and maybe even Designing Women--if only for the retrolicious fashion and '80s entrepreneurialism).
Anyway, Frasier is one of those sitcoms I've grown to heartily enjoy. It's smart, sarcastic, funny (the rare bits of physical comedy are some of the most hilarious I've ever seen), surprisingly (or perhaps unsurprisingly, as it's focused on a psychiatrist) intellectual, and at times, incredibly poignant. No doubt this has to do with the relationships in the series (you know me and relationships), and just how very real and complex they are. Truly, this show had some fantastic writers. Last night, I actually stopped what I was doing to fully focus on one particular episode (8x19), because it was so wonderfully, tactfully, and realistically handled.
( Thar be spoilers (and video) ahead. )
