1. Situation Comedy, Situation Tragedy

2020 ◽  
pp. 8-16
Keyword(s):  
Situation Comedy

“Don’t You See What’s Going on Here?” Seinfeld and Badiou on Situations and Events

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 493-509
Author(s):  
Rohan Kalyan
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
The Political ◽  
Structural Level ◽  
Situation Comedy ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
American Television

Far from being merely “a show about nothing,” this article argues that the American television sitcom Seinfeld (1989-1998) managed to develop a sophisticated theory of situations and events in modern life. The show explored a rich and humorous multiplicity of everyday situations and events that took its main characters and audience members alike to the very limits of their conventional lives. Yet Seinfeld consistently stopped short of raising larger political stakes in these explorations. In other words, Seinfeld never took its critique of everyday modern life to a structural level, that is, to the historical forces and social relations that shape contemporary situations and events. By bringing Seinfeld into an intellectual encounter with communist philosopher Alain Badiou’s work on situations and events, I argue that we can gain a deeper appreciation of both sides and rethink the political and aesthetic potential of situation comedy.

The family on television: Evaluation of gender roles in situation comedy

Sex Roles ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 409-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Olson ◽  
William Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Situation Comedy ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Menertawakan Kejelataan Kita2: Transgresi Batas-Batas Marginalitas dalam Sinetron Komedi Bajaj Bajuri

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Budi Irawanto
Keyword(s):  
Class Group ◽  
Economic Condition ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Prime Time ◽  
Situation Comedy ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Popular Discourse ◽  
Television Programming

Abstract: Political transition in Indonesia since 1998 has created uncertain situation for most Indonesian people. Moreover, the hard economic condition has multiplied the number of people living below the poverty line. In these circumstances, the light entertainments such as situation comedy, which blends the portrait of ordinary people and their quaint life style, occupied the prime time of television programming in Indonesia. This paper discusses the popularity of the situation comedy Bajaj Bajuri (bajaj literally means “two-passenger pedicab motor with scooter machine”) in contemporary Indonesia. This series is about the daily life of Bajuri’s (bajaj’s driver) family and their lower class neighbours in the edge of metropolitan Jakarta (the capital city of Indonesia). Therefore, this paper focuses on the representation of the marginalised people and how television constructed the boundary of marginality. This paper argues that situation comedy is not only reinforcing stereotype of the lower class group but also transgressing the stereotypical image of the lower class by parodying and abusing popular discourse.

Television Situation Comedy

Screen ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Eaton
Keyword(s):  
Situation Comedy
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document