Anyway because of this so dubbed quarter life crisis my TV habits have changed slightly, I mean I still watch my usual insane amount of it, but I have added 2 new shows to my repotriave that are right out my usual ball park, that right I Emily have started watching a Comedy.
To any sane person this wouldn't seam like such a big deal, but I never watch comedys, I mean if I'm eating dinner, and theres nothing else on I'll watch an episode or two of the big bang theory, and I'll laugh and enjoy watching it, but comedy's have never had that pull for me, like I'll never seek it out to watch it, and I'll never obsess over it like I do some shows, I'll almost definitely talk more about this same point later, but to cut to the chase I've started to watch, and really enjoy, 30 rock and girls.
Now in my defence, or how I sell it to myself, neither show is a haha comedy, 30 rock has won dozens of emmy's and girls is almost definitely garenteed to win some, they're more intellectual, and for 30 rock at least, the humour comes more from wit, than anything else, and there a lot of pop culture references that you really have to be on your toes to get, so I am still engaging with the TV and blah, but really I watch it because they are really enjoyable shows, and a hidden side effect that I have just discovered about comedy's is that the characters are so relatable.
The things with Drama's, especially network and really espeically CBS dramas, is that everyone on the show is so good, they all have this super-power which makes them like the best in the business, and because of that they can do these amazing things, so they're really fun to watch, but with comedy's the people are more normal, well usually at least, and instead of exploring how awesome they are, with the occasional flaw, comedy's explore their characters faults, usually just for laughs, and so while funny, they don't really have a compelling plot line to pull you back in.
But I've gone way off topic, what I am trying to say is that there is something just so refreshing about Liz lemon from 30 rock, and even though I am in very few ways like her, she's really one of the most relatable characters I've found on TV. I suppose its
The real thing 30 rock and girls have in common (and the reason I started watching girls in general) is that both shows are created, written, and sometimes directed by the leading lady. They're shows based loosely on their own lives, which in a way is good. Because you see these girls messing up their lives, making mistakes all over the place, but at the same time you realise in the back of your mind that this same person is now the showrunner of a very successful show, that they haven't screwed up their lives, they're actually fulfilling their dreams so to speak.
It's probably my current headspace about feeling so unsure of my future and my life that makes me like these shows, but its really actually refreshing to see such normal people, in like non-life or death high pressure situations, and I love high pressure situations, but, there is something oddly satisfying about watching people screw up, and not in a haha I'm so much better way, in an OMG I totally do that way. its like watching people without the TV magic wand, that makes everything happen because of a good story, and thats probably what I actually really like about them. That without a magic TV wand, while still screwing up absolutely everything, these people still went on to do the things they dreamed about, and so can I.
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