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‘Unfrosted’ Review: Jerry Seinfeld’s Painfully Stale Pop-Tarts Comedy Never Heats Up (www.indiewire.com)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

I think you bring up the context of the 90's as a good point. That was the shock-jock era of comedy, and I think Seinfeld presented himself as foil to that. By being so 'beige' with his art, his was actually able to stand out when people were trying to be as extreme as possible.