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Cracking the Sitcom Code
As happens to so many of us, I was asked to write a sitcom for Croatian television. I’m an American ex-pat living in Slovenia, and I know next to nothing about Croatia, besides the fact that it’s Slovenia’s southern neighbor, a fellow ex-Yugoslav republic, and that the language resembles Slovene except with a lot more “js” in it. I am a writer of books and articles, and I used to write a lot of plays, but I’ve never written for television. So I immediately said...
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Years ago as a kid, I was watching a sitcom and suddenly realized I had seen the exact same story in another sitcom I'd watched recently. I knew what was going to happen so I saw no point in watching it. I never watched another one,as they were all the same, as were most tv shows. I watched mostly PBS to avoid the bland sameness and insipid laugh tracks.. I've also seen the same plot in movies over and over again as well. I seldom watch movies and no longer have a tv because the plots are rehashed ad nauseam.
Yeah, most new movies and TV shows today are rehashed story lines. It's rare to find a truly unique viewing experience these days.