Seinfeld. The show about nothing. The show without meaning. Amazing success and memorable characters. How did they do it?
Simple. The writer's gave themselves 2, and only 2 rules to keep the characters funny.
1. No one can hug. They never wanted people cheering for a relationship that they hadn't planned as intimate, so no friends ever hug, only those in a relationship.
2. No one can learn anything new. No one can learn from a mistake. No one can develop as a person, or grow. People will make the same mistakes, learning from them would have required that the characters change, keeping them the same allows you to write about nothing, with strong characters.
I haven't ever been the biggest Seinfeld fan, but I find the rules that the writers came up with to remain successful to be captivating.
No Intimacy, and No Growth.
The two opposite things we aim for in life. Ironic.
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