tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826696105086416267.post9091304852008904025..comments2023-10-07T04:21:36.399-04:00Comments on What's Your Poison?: The Goode FamilyAshleighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02103617685476600828noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826696105086416267.post-63201871812936710022009-06-03T18:48:01.669-04:002009-06-03T18:48:01.669-04:00I've only met a few people like me and they we...I've only met a few people like me and they were very strange indeed. I think if a network developed stuff for us, it would look a bit more like Ren and Stimpy or The Mighty Boosh than The Goode Family.<br /><br />As for flat jokes, I do see that. I think that overall the show was mediocre and did rely on schtick. That would have been better explained in a lengthy piece. I remember the first King of the Hill episode being rather bland as well.<br /><br />My post mostly focused on Gabe's hangups about the bag scene. There he very much revealed himself to be a member of the demographic being satirized.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826696105086416267.post-40925344756467812022009-06-03T15:32:00.908-04:002009-06-03T15:32:00.908-04:00I would have liked to read a more in depth analysi...I would have liked to read a more in depth analysis of Gabe's argument as well as yours and why you actually enjoy the show similar to the other detailed, thorough articles you've written for other publications.<br /><br />BUT.<br /><br />I think one of Gabe's arguments is that he could have very well enjoyed this show even though he identifies with these very liberal characters because "Over-the-top extreme liberals are funny just like everything extreme is funny." I don't think it's about him being "offended."<br /><br />But his problem with this show is that the "jokes fall flat" they are dated and not very concise in details about the targeted group. He can't laugh at himself and his group of liberals because the jokes seem very uninformed.<br /><br />Moreso, people are embracing this lifestyle more and more now that the world is going to end so to make fun of it NOW is just kind of lame especially if the jokes about the targeted group are inaccurate. <br /><br />His other problem is that these characters aren't exactly likeable, they do foolish things all the time. BUT, their "enemies" are Evangelicals. <br /><br />This is why he asks who this show is for? Who is he supposed to root for? I mean, to laugh at an extreme group's buffoonery every week gets old. He wants to invest in these characters but it's hard.<br /><br />And although you don't think you fit into a category, you do. You fit in the category of "people like you" maybe not "easily" but still. And the fact that you enjoy this show which is targeted at a certain group of people, in a way perpetuates the creations of these categories. You're laughing at extreme leftist liberals. And that's fine, it's funny. But only if it's done right.<br /><br />Gabe wrote a very convincing article.Le Chat Noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10724151232457645480noreply@blogger.com