" I wonder how
> many seemingly facile tv shows have subliminal symbolical layers
> intentionally embedded?
>
> -Max"
I agree, Max. You're right. And, that's the problem. Not enough shows
have that...alright, next to NONE. That's why I don't watch a lot of TV
shows anymore. And being a child of the 80's, it was a hard thing to
let go of...I was so disappointed that "the tube" started letting me
down. Thank God for Larry! He's all we have left! I am anxiously
awaiting Season 5. It can't come soon enough :)
max1974isome@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Amy wrote:
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>>I find your analyzation of Larry interesting... Definitely
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> different, but
>
>>interesting. It is definitely an onion of a show, so many layers to
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> it, so
>
>>much can be taken from it. It's all in how one looks at it I guess!
>
> I had
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>>different ways of seeing the episodes than you do, but again, your
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> words
>
>>were definitely interesting. It's so great to see people taken with
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> this
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>>genius of a show. More Curb fans! Emerge all Curb fans!!!
>
>
> Hi Amy,
>
> I probably have the same way of "seeing" the show as you do. They're
> entertainment primarily. I just try to analyze them later. When I
> told her about this subtext theory, my friend immediately "decoded" one
> of the episodes from memory - one that I was stuck on. I wonder how
> many seemingly facile tv shows have subliminal symbolical layers
> intentionally embedded?
>
> -Max
>
>
>
>><max1974isome@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>news:1111363219.935020.66910@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>There is an undercurrent of symbolism in CYE that I haven't yet
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> seen
>
>>>acknowledged or discussed. Here's a few examples to get people
>>>thinking:
>>>
>>>"The Shrimp Incident" is about hypocricy. The opening scene has
>
> Larry
>
>>>complaining about getting a shrimp dish already picked-through by
>>>someone else (an acquaintance who denied it). Later we see Larry
>>>dissembling to Julia about the freshness of his new sitcom idea
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> that
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>>>will feature her, actually an idea which he had already first tried
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> to
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>>>launch with George.
>>>
>>>A more concentrated scene distills the theme: around a game of
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> cards,
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>>>Julia shares her delight in having a show on HBO where she can say
>>>words like "****" and "****." Only a few minutes later, Larry is
>>>ostracized from the same group for using the word "****."
>>>
>>>None of these ironies are outwardly acknowledged in the show, of
>>>course, which is why they constitute the symbolical layer. You
>
> will
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>>>find such a layer subsisting in almost every episode (perhaps,
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> every
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>>>one).
>>>
>>>"The Baptism", for example, is not merely a farce about a
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> miscarried
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>>>conversion to Christianity, but about the cost of yielding to
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> outside
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>>>pressure at the cost of one's identity (note the parallel sub-plot
>>>framing the episode of Cheryl's attempt to rid Larry of his
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> cherished
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>>>jacket).
>>>
>>>Some themes are less than "messages." What is the message of "The
>>>Acuptuncturist" except that attempts to help others can create
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> worse
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>>>problems? (here the metaphor of the story of the incompetently cut
>>>umbilical cord has dual meanings, augmenting the overall theme
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> while
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>>>also reflecting Larry's interference in a father-son dependency).
>>>
>>>It goes without saying, that such obvious premediated symbolism
>>>contradicts to some extent the reputation of the show's improvised
>>>nature.
>>>
>>>I find that the first scene often gives the key by which the
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> symbolic
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>>>meaning of the rest of the episode can be unlocked. Happy hunting!
>>>
>>>-Max Schmeder
>>>
>>>(to reply by email, remove the year from the address)
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