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Originally posted by bluth
Shameless, The Office, The Inbetweeners
Of course, four shows no way near as impeccably flawless and funny as Arrested Development (ironically an American show - how did they manage it?) but still nonetheless bastardised than non-Bluth oriented basic American humour (although Arrested Development had terrible ratings throughout it's run anyway so I guess this nullifies the fact that Americans made it).
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I'm not saying there are NO smart Americans, or NO smart American TV shows, but for the most part American humour is dumbed-down for mainstream appeal. This has been subverted or undermined on occasion -
The Simpsons being the best example, because it appealed to the 90% of Americans who appear to have had lobotomies performed on them immediately after birth while also making a fantastic satirical comment on American culture at large. Unfortunately
The Simpsons has also been dumbed-down, so that's that.
But for the most part the best things are shunned in favour of something stupid - Letterman getting whooped by Leno, 30 Rock being repeatedly punched down by How I Met Your Mother, Chelsea Handler being more popular than Amy Sedaris, etc. Like...
