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The Deep Comfort Of Mediocre Sitcoms

MEDIA Posted: July 18, 2014 12:31 am

“The easy tropes and practiced banter, the reliable fulfilling of a sitcom’s tasks, contributed to a sense of permanence. … Here was a world void of dread, danger, and anxiety, a place in which work and play were indistinguishable, in which jobs just meant different aesthetics attached to the same basic glee.” Exhibit A: Just Shoot Me.

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MEDIA Published: 07.17.14

Read the story in The Atlantic Published: 07.17.14

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