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Originally Posted by mojopinuk
Maybe I didnt word it too well really but I mentioned Frasier simply as an example of a more traditional American sitcom environment rather than the likes of Scrubs and Arrested Development. In that I mean the production, the sets, the filming etc.
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Ah. I understand what you mean now. Although Seinfeld was definitely filmed in a similar way to some of the other shows you mentioned, on an obvious set, in front of live audience, etc. But I agree that there has been a huge shift in American comedies in recent years away from shooting on an obvious soundstage like they used to.
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Originally Posted by mojopinuk
A lot of American shows are really very idealistic and full of American pride and glorification to a rather sickening degree.
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Can you give some examples? I can see the idealistic thing in some of the 80s family sitcoms like
The Cosby Show, Family Ties, etc. but I can't think of anything with "American pride" as any kind of component unless I go back to the 50s or 60s (
Dragnet, though not a sitcom, is the first show that springs to mind).