"the parts that make the show worth watching are the ones where not much happens, but as soon as a large prop makes its appearance we know that a pratfall into slapstick will swiftly follow"
That's very much how I felt about The Archers at the point I stopped listening. The thing that hooked me was all those episodes where nothing happened; the thing that drove me away was the descent in John-Wellsian melodrama.
I can't really comment on the comedy/sitcom thing as I have a desperately low embarrassment threshold and am generally more pained than entertained.
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Date: 2012-09-23 10:58 am (UTC)That's very much how I felt about The Archers at the point I stopped listening. The thing that hooked me was all those episodes where nothing happened; the thing that drove me away was the descent in John-Wellsian melodrama.
I can't really comment on the comedy/sitcom thing as I have a desperately low embarrassment threshold and am generally more pained than entertained.