19th July 2005, 12:14 AM
Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy, but the jokes are about as clever as a sitcom. I mean, in summery it's got it all. Men dressed up as women for a play (I mean, they did that, but they make a point of making fun of that here), a convoluted plot where a man cursed with the head of a donkey meets a fairy queen cursed to fall in love with whoever she next sees, and some other stuff.
So, as far as the quality of the jokes... not so much. It is well written though, of that you can't deny.
Arrested Development... I was told repeatedly that it was comedy gold, but in order to really GET it I had to watch a season from the start, as they kept referencing old jokes all the time. Um, well after watching a solid sleight of episodes, I think I can safely say that constant self-reference isn't a comedy winner.
So, as far as the quality of the jokes... not so much. It is well written though, of that you can't deny.
Arrested Development... I was told repeatedly that it was comedy gold, but in order to really GET it I had to watch a season from the start, as they kept referencing old jokes all the time. Um, well after watching a solid sleight of episodes, I think I can safely say that constant self-reference isn't a comedy winner.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)