2 posts tagged ‘archie bunker’
Ted review: A profane, obvious lampoon of old sitcom tropes
AV Club,
For the generation that came up in the ’90s, before the internet could worm its cruel, pitiless tentacles around our minds and hearts, it was TV that shaped us. Game shows allowed people to dream of nicer stuff for the house. Talk shows gave everyone something to bicker about around the table. But it was sitcoms that… Read more...
Ricky Gervais isn’t David Brent from The Office. He’s worse
Ricky Gervais no longer does comedy. He does grievance. Two minutes into his latest, hourlong outrage bait for Netflix, Armageddon, he’s talking about the backlash he generates and how he’s putting “woke” in his Twitter bio. Later, amid adlibbing about Chinese people eating dogs, taking an applause break for saying… Read more...