i could debate you on a whole bunch of those points, and i'd enjoy it. i consider myself an amateur sitcom critic. i watch tons of sitcoms from both sides of the pond and i have my own two axes on which most sitcoms fall.

however i have to work all day and all week so i can't do those those things right now. but we could have sitcom dialogue another week if you'd like.

were you using truism as "thing that's true" or "thing that people consider true but may well not be"? i've seen it used both ways.