Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on
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Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on
I enjoy this episode, I really do. And makers of the show, and fans of the show, confirm that this episode was, indeed, the "turning point" of the show. Kramer got to do physical comedy (when he dumped cement into the laundry machine), and George sort of dropped the whole Woody Allen impression and went with a Larry David impression.
However, if it is a "turning point," I'd have to say it is definitely so in one main respect: it went from 'sitcom reality' to 'sitcom fantasy,' because this episode can't be anything but a fantasy.
a) George drops a 'mickey' into his boss's drink at a party, blatantly threatening a fat woman to move from her seat so he can sit there and "do it."
b) Kramer and Jerry blatantly dump cement into a laundry machine in full view of the owner of the laundry.
In either case, you have a lawsuit on your hands. Nobody seems phased by this, as there is no reason to be so phased because this has become a 'sitcom fantasy.' Even if Jerry did pay for the repair of the machine after he found the money he thought to laundry guy stole, he could still find himself with a lawsuit for the deed. Kramer was, after all, covered in cement powder, so there was no question of guilt.
George could have been charge with 'attempted murder,' depending on how his boss reacted to the drug in his cocktail. I mean, that's a serious, dangerous thing to do to a person, especially a prick as overweight as his boss was.
I like what they did with the episode, don't get me wrong, and maybe there wasn't any conscious thought about "consequences," but I wonder if such a question was ever broached. Maybe they just thought, "this is funny," and that was good enough.
I think that was good enough.
However, if it is a "turning point," I'd have to say it is definitely so in one main respect: it went from 'sitcom reality' to 'sitcom fantasy,' because this episode can't be anything but a fantasy.
a) George drops a 'mickey' into his boss's drink at a party, blatantly threatening a fat woman to move from her seat so he can sit there and "do it."
b) Kramer and Jerry blatantly dump cement into a laundry machine in full view of the owner of the laundry.
In either case, you have a lawsuit on your hands. Nobody seems phased by this, as there is no reason to be so phased because this has become a 'sitcom fantasy.' Even if Jerry did pay for the repair of the machine after he found the money he thought to laundry guy stole, he could still find himself with a lawsuit for the deed. Kramer was, after all, covered in cement powder, so there was no question of guilt.
George could have been charge with 'attempted murder,' depending on how his boss reacted to the drug in his cocktail. I mean, that's a serious, dangerous thing to do to a person, especially a prick as overweight as his boss was.
I like what they did with the episode, don't get me wrong, and maybe there wasn't any conscious thought about "consequences," but I wonder if such a question was ever broached. Maybe they just thought, "this is funny," and that was good enough.
I think that was good enough.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on
Yeah, yeah, yeah, so I'm a little late in my review, so what.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on
Also, many of those Perry Mason episodes were NOT realistic from a legal standpoint.
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To me, this is the turning point when the show deviated from observational humor show to far fetched, all out wackiness.
Exhibit A:
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on
I think the answer is that there were randomly weird storylines thrown in throughout the show's history, followed up promptly with "realism".
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on
I can believe this. Sometimes, it doesn't seem like that headhunters episode of Gilligan's Island was realistic, though.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on
On the other hand, there really is a bunch of NYC sheep that will stand in line for an hour for a fucking cup of soup.
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That scene of Kramer dumping the cement into the washing machine still makes me
Michael Richards was a master at physical comedy.
Michael Richards was a master at physical comedy.
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Re: Seinfeld - "The Revenge" (1991) - c'mon over, baby, whole lotta suing goin' on
Did anyone see that show All in the Family? It is real edgy, and talks about taboo issues like race, abortion, and The Vietnam War.
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