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From: dcohn@helens.UUCP (David Cohn)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: What's different about _Cheers_ (a guess)
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Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 16:13:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  6 16:13:11 1985
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   One thing I've noticed frequently in Cheers that is lacking in most other
shows I've watched ( I *am* an infrequent addict of the tube), is the tension
that gets *developed* between characters. By 'tension' I don't mean the
standard Three's Company (or a crowd or whatever) pie just waiting to meet
the face verbal slapstick. Instead, it's a realistic, almost painful, feeling
that, instead of clicking neatly into place in some improbable 'All's Well
That Ends Well' fashion, needs to be *resolved*.
   The only comparable show that comes to mind that spawned those same feelings
in me was that paragon of adolescence (sp?), 'James at 16'.
   I dunno, maybe I just ought to watch more TV...
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        formerly: pablo@dartvax,
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