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32390, perhaps it's your understanding of the phrase "identify with"
Posted by REDeye, Wed Sep-28-05 12:19 AM
Well, to answer your question, here are a few sitcoms I have identified with, off the top of my head.

Seinfeld, Cosby Show, Cheers, Sanford and Son, Get Smart, Frasier.

Really, a bunch of shows that don't have a lot of similarities on the surface. I guess if you knew me, it might make more sense. The only show I can think of that I laugh at even though I can't think of how it relates to me: Will and Grace. But I'm sure if I spent some time thinking about it, I'd find the connection.

>I guess I just look at sitcoms differently than you do, but I
>can't really think of any sitcoms I really liked where I truly
>identified with the characters.

It's not about looking at them differently. It's about looking at them even slightly beneath the surface.

So, this is the part where you say, "They're just sitcoms! I don't want to think about them, I just want to laugh." Which is cool. But don't it silly because I can explain why I find something funny.


>It's silly but the reasons people are giving for not liking AD
>annoy me more than the actual dislike itself.

I don't like AD because it doesn't make me laugh. Simple enough. The fact that I can explain why it doesn't make me laugh doesn't change that.

People's attempts to dismiss this concept of identifying with the characters are sillier than anything else in this post. If you don't want to analyze (or overanalyze, really, I'll admit it) what works and and doesn't work about this show, that's fine. But don't dismiss it. Just because you don't want to think about why something works doesn't mean it can't be explained.

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