Poll of the Day > 30 rock > parks n rec

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likehelly
09/14/20 9:08:24 PM
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dont @ me

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IronBornCorps
09/14/20 9:08:53 PM
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I like both for different reasons

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I'll expand on that a little.

I feel like the humors are based around two different environments and as a result, have two very different tones.

One is the absurdity of running a television show in one of the biggest cities, for a huge company.

The other running is small town government operations.

I think preference can be influenced by which environment (big city, or small town) the viewer finds more relatable.
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FourthDimension
09/14/20 9:31:03 PM
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I agree.
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lihlih
09/14/20 9:34:43 PM
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IronBornCorps posted...
I like both for different reasons

*edit*
I'll expand on that a little.

I feel like the humors are based around two different environments and as a result, have two very different tones.

One is the absurdity of running a television show in one of the biggest cities, for a huge company.

The other running is small town government operations.

I think preference can be influenced by which environment (big city, or small town) the viewer finds more relatable.


30 Rock has better writing in general though. 30 Rock doesn't rely on cringe humor and having characters so fucking stupid that it's unbelievable and takes you out of the moment(although Parks has far less of these than the Office, it still has a good amount of it). Both of those writing tactics are lazy as hell.
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IronBornCorps
09/14/20 9:43:48 PM
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lihlih posted...
30 Rock doesn't rely on cringe humor and having characters so fucking stupid that it's unbelievable

I don't know if I agree with this. 30 Rock definitely has a fair share of stupid characters and cringe humor.
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Mead
09/14/20 9:45:22 PM
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I dont know if I agree with your or not

I should probably rewatch all episodes of both shows to check

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GanonsSpirit
09/14/20 10:03:28 PM
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lihlih posted...
30 Rock doesn't rely on having characters so fucking stupid that it's unbelievable

Uh, what? All the characters except Jack and Liz are complete morons, which is where most of the humor comes from.
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DirtBasedSoap
09/14/20 10:03:45 PM
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@helIy

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likehelly
09/14/20 10:07:23 PM
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what the FUCK did i say

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lihlih
09/14/20 10:07:24 PM
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GanonsSpirit posted...


Uh, what? All the characters except Jack and Liz are complete morons, which is where most of the humor comes from.


Yeah, but they're never Michael Scott or Chris Pratt's character level stupid. You can have stupid characters in movies and TV, but when you get them to be so stupid that they wouldn't be able to function in real life, that's when it comes off as lazy.
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Mead
09/14/20 10:09:12 PM
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lihlih posted...
Yeah, but they're never Michael Scott or Chris Pratt's character level stupid

characters from 30 rock? Yeah they are dude. Theyre some of the most cartoonish/dumbest characters that were on tv at the time

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IronBornCorps
09/14/20 10:10:04 PM
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Tracy Morgan was literally a character so absurd and stupid he couldn't take care of himself, and required an entourage to do so.

not to mention Kennith and Lutz
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IronBornCorps
09/14/20 10:11:15 PM
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I actually do prefer 30 Rock to Parks n' Rec, but your reasoning doesn't make sense to me.
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lihlih
09/14/20 10:16:50 PM
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IronBornCorps posted...
Tracy Morgan was literally a character so absurd and stupid he couldn't take care of himself, and required an entourage to do so.

not to mention Kennith and Lutz


Except Tracy Morgan can afford to be stupid, and is actually based on a real life celebrity. Kenneth is just a naive farm boy into city stereotype character, and while Lutz is a moron, he's never as stupid Michael Scott or Chris Pratt's character.
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likehelly
09/14/20 10:18:29 PM
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michael and andy can both take care of themselves though

tracy literally could not

out of all three, tracy is the only one who can actually be called stupid. michael is just cringy, and andy is a happy go lucky dumbass. they did dumb him down when they reintroduced him as aprils love interest though, that is something that they did.

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lihlih
09/14/20 10:20:05 PM
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likehelly posted...
michael and andy can both take care of themselves though

tracy literally could not


Because they were TV show characters. There's no way they'd be functioning adults in the real life, which is what I'm pointing out.

Again, Tracy Morgan is actually based on a real celebrity, so apparently he can function in real life.
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likehelly
09/14/20 10:22:32 PM
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tracy jordan is not based on a real celebrity at all

they just named him that because it's played by tracy morgan. do you think the actor is really just like that or something

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Metalsonic66
09/14/20 10:25:41 PM
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3rd Rock From the Sun > both

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lihlih
09/14/20 10:29:05 PM
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likehelly posted...
tracy jordan is not based on a real celebrity at all

they just named him that because it's played by tracy morgan. do you think the actor is really just like that or something


In an interview, they did say that the character was based on the actor. I'm sure they exaggerated it for comedic purposes, I'm not saying that everything he did and said was 100% copied from the actor's life.
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