tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post7996894396925717252..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: The Seinfeld finale and why putting your lead character on trial can backfireThe Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-83336794983526421092014-05-14T09:36:32.186-07:002014-05-14T09:36:32.186-07:00The idea behind the finale was to put the audience...The idea behind the finale was to put the audience on trial. For years we watched as the four main characters used and abused people and we the audience laughed. In the finale they were put on trial for laughing at someone elses pain. The finale asks the question why did we the audience laugh all those years as the four of them made trouble for others. John Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754786039315624842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-28548015032399000742011-01-02T10:50:01.220-08:002011-01-02T10:50:01.220-08:00I don't agree with your analysis at all. We lo...I don't agree with your analysis at all. We love these characters and we wanted to see them wander off happily into the sunset.<br /><br />We would have been able to think of them and wonder what mischief the gang was getting into now.<br /><br />The reason the script was a bad ending for the finale was that it was not a happy ending. Our favorite characters were jailed. We were left with a sad feeling.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11108730678561820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-76474626230905887452010-06-01T13:09:23.412-07:002010-06-01T13:09:23.412-07:00The only movie I can think of with a defendant pro...The only movie I can think of with a defendant protagonist is Presumed Innocent, but that flick's 20 years old and my memory aint what it was. Anyway, I do remember he works pretty hard behind the scenes to prove his innocence, so it's not like he's really passive anyway.Kzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490735195424831433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-37882504854862864572010-06-01T09:36:04.994-07:002010-06-01T09:36:04.994-07:00It also doesn't work because it sucks.It also doesn't work because it sucks.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-45882907282341795592010-06-01T09:28:36.647-07:002010-06-01T09:28:36.647-07:00Excellent analysis!Excellent analysis!The Unknown Lyricisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10610691552100229111noreply@blogger.com