Skavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · 18 days ago‘Friends’ Star Lisa Kudrow Says New Sitcoms are ‘Too Afraid’ to Make Jokes That Make People ‘Uncomfortable’: ‘I’m Not Buying It’variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down14
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-link‘Friends’ Star Lisa Kudrow Says New Sitcoms are ‘Too Afraid’ to Make Jokes That Make People ‘Uncomfortable’: ‘I’m Not Buying It’variety.comSkavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·17 days agoShe does say “uncomfortable”. Subverting expectations doesn’t have to be uncomfortable.
minus-squareparson0@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoI’m no Friends fan either but I suggest Lisa’s show The Comeback to get an understanding of what she thinks about sitcoms and how she interprets uncomfortable. It’s brilliant TV.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoYeah I think she misspoke. I’ve seen her other shows, as well as heard a few long form podcast interviews with her, and she seems to get it
She does say “uncomfortable”. Subverting expectations doesn’t have to be uncomfortable.
I’m no Friends fan either but I suggest Lisa’s show The Comeback to get an understanding of what she thinks about sitcoms and how she interprets uncomfortable. It’s brilliant TV.
Yeah I think she misspoke. I’ve seen her other shows, as well as heard a few long form podcast interviews with her, and she seems to get it