http://blog.scwleung.ca/2008/02/11/what-is-sitcom/ Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:37:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.scwleung.ca/2008/02/11/what-is-sitcom/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Erika Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:37:09 +0000 http://blog.scwleung.ca/2008/02/11/what-is-sitcom/#comment-59 I would wonder if characters in sitcoms are motivated comparably to things like CSI. Each episode, the characters are presented with some odd situation, and either we play through it, or they attempt to resolve it (if its resolvable). Be it a mother-in-law coming over, a new brand of coffee at the shop, or some dead, semen-filled corpse found hanging from a fire escape. Sitcoms tend to have more down to earth every-day events that can be related to the common person - and result in humourous outcomes. Seeing people saving the world, or protecting the border or whatnot tend to be shows that individuals can't necessarily identify with, but enjoy exploring as something different than what they encounter daily. There again, you can have shows like Police Academy which are sitcoms (no? is/was Monty Python classified as a sitcom?). I would wonder if characters in sitcoms are motivated comparably to things like CSI. Each episode, the characters are presented with some odd situation, and either we play through it, or they attempt to resolve it (if its resolvable). Be it a mother-in-law coming over, a new brand of coffee at the shop, or some dead, semen-filled corpse found hanging from a fire escape. Sitcoms tend to have more down to earth every-day events that can be related to the common person – and result in humourous outcomes. Seeing people saving the world, or protecting the border or whatnot tend to be shows that individuals can’t necessarily identify with, but enjoy exploring as something different than what they encounter daily. There again, you can have shows like Police Academy which are sitcoms (no? is/was Monty Python classified as a sitcom?).

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