Other contemporary series focused on friendship—Friends, Living Single, and Will & Grace—still largely follow a common trajectory, driven by career, relationship, and family goals. It often increased as the show neared its end. Rather than relying on the usual late-season development of someone getting pregnant and having a baby, Seinfeld did the opposite and focused the storyline on diaphragms, today sponges and condoms. .
Despite the nihilism the work suggests, “No learning without hugs” The motto (and by much of the character’s actions), “Seinfeld,” certainly presented a worldview and priorities that were fresh and much more ambitious and inspiring to me. Not despite the fact that they were flawed people who had no interest in perfection, but because of it. Even with severe neuroses, they lived in the present, pursued fun, and stayed true to the solid, unpretentious friendship that is at the heart of the show. It’s like people know your bad sides and love you anyway.
Today — as a crack in the facade hustle culture continue to spread. As our library of books and articles grows, holiday And it’s fun; as more people delay or give up marriage Or kids — real life seems to be catching up to Seinfeld. Recognizing that, even from a less optimistic point of view, the long-held image of adulthood may not be as accessible as it once was, the show gains new empathy and a touch of self-deprecating humor. provides a new reason for
At the end of the series’ finale, watched by an unimaginable 76 million viewers, the gang find themselves in prison after their trial, where they have been mistreated by their defendants for nine seasons. A parade of witnesses of the deceased was testified. for their unethical behavior. (For the record, I struggled with this episode, as I do with many sitcom finales. It strayed too far from the show’s unique vibe, which is my main source of affection. because there is.)
But looking at this from another angle, and putting the absurdity aside, it’s about people who don’t stick to a script and choose to indulge shamelessly in a culture where guilt-free indulgence is rarely valued. Metaphors may be collected. Their cell was for those who refused to opt-in, but at least they had each other.
In some ways, my musing on this might go against the spirit of Seinfeld, the famous show about nothing. Well, okay. In that case yada yada yada, almost everything turned out.
