I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Too many writers get stuck in the trap of writing what they think is funny and not considering who they are writing it for.
We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
We write for those who get the musical jokes. But for those who don't, there is always something else going on. That's why we have such a widespread audience.
Reviewers try to square the antics of a writer's life with the antics in the fiction. Even satirical verbal play is too often read and admired as autobiographical expression. And thanks to the democratic exposures of the web, it's easier than ever to document private experiences and divulge the most intimate secrets.
If you look at the body of any writers' work, you can figure out the questions that animate them. I think that is what real writers do. They don't tell people how to live or what to think. They write in order to try to answer their own deepest questions.
I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.
With comedy, I think it's so important, especially in TV, to know and trust what the writers are writing and just have it down.
I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.
And that's what the audience was feeling too, as they watched the show and as they watch it now. And overriding all of that is the way it was written. It was written honestly. There was never any manufactured laugh. There was never compromising of character.
I don't have to worry about writing jokes. I just tell stories about things that have happened to me. As long as I'm alive and I'm living and I'm experiencing different things every day, the show will always change.