Please tell me the sentiment of the following review: I have a severe problem with this show, several actually. A simple list will suffice for now, I'll go into more depth later on: superficial characters, a laugh-track and boring humour.

If you don't wish to look at the rest of this review and are only reading it so you can feel superior (as if you see anything in this show I didn't) to a frequently irked teen from Canada I'll summarize: Friends sucks, not only because it is unfunny but because it destroyed the TV audiences for new, good shows (Arrested Development, Dexter etc.). Friends is as much to blame for reality TV, "Two And A Half Men" and "The King Of Queens" as the television executives. Now then, on with the review.

These characters have no soul, they are exactly the same in every way (outside of gender and hair colour). They react the same way in boring situations and are completely secure in their own bodies. Where is the conflict and the humour that comes with it? Why isn't Rachel storming out on Monica after Monica starts hanging out with Rachel's enemy? Why doesn't Joey contemplate suicide because nobody seems to take him seriously? Oh right, cause he's the dumb one and he's comfortable with that. This is the curse of having perfect characters: lasting conflict and (god forbid) personality becomes an impossibility.

The laugh-track is the one thing that should have died out right after it was born. Any show that has one is almost certainly the opposite of funny. How can I make such a broad generalization? When a show that claims to be "comedy" requires laughter from someone BESIDES THE AUDIENCE it must mean that the audience would not laugh without it. Laughtracks destroy humour by preventing quick comebacks. Humour becomes a construct rather than a free flowing entity (see The Office, Arrested Development).

This leads to my next point: the humour is boring. There is no way to make a perfect character anything more than slightly humorous (without a laugh-track apparently) simply because our everyday humour comes from recognition of our flaws. So what if Monica dated a 17 year old? She immediately recognizes that what she is doing isn't right and breaks up with him. There has to be some sort of conflict rather than an immediate solution. Maybe her mother finds out or one of her friends tries to get rid of him and ends up seducing him. That would be great, it would be like a custody battle! So now I've provided evidence for my position. Many of my friends love this show because they haven't heard of Curb Your Enthusiasm or Arrested Development, many of my friends hate this show because they recently started watching Curb Your Enthusiasm or Arrested Development. 

I have watched very little of "Friends" in my life, but I have watched enough to spot huge flaws that make the show, in my opinion, completely unwatchable. If you've read this far, thank you, and I hope you at least start watching some of the shows I have mentioned.
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Snälla berätta för mig hur det känns i följande recension: Jag har ett allvarligt problem med denna show, flera faktiskt. En enkel lista räcker för tillfället, jag går in på mer djup senare: ytliga karaktärer, ett skrattspår och tråkig humor. Om du inte vill titta på resten av denna recension och bara läser den så att du kan känna dig överlägsen (som om du ser något i denna show jag inte) till en ofta irriterad tonåring från Kanada jag ska sammanfatta: Vänner suger, inte bara för att det är oroligt men eftersom det förstörde TV-publiken för nya, bra program (Arrested Development, Dexter etc.). Vänner är lika mycket att skylla för reality-TV, "Två och en halv man" och "Kungen av drottningar" som tv-cheferna. Nu ska vi gå vidare med granskningen. Dessa karaktärer har ingen själ, de är exakt likadana på alla sätt (utanför kön och hårfärg). De reagerar på samma sätt i tråkiga situationer och är helt säkra i sina egna kroppar. Var är konflikten och den humor som följer med den? Varför stormar inte Rachel ut över Monica när Monica börjar umgås med Rachels fiende? Varför överväger inte Joey självmord för att ingen verkar ta honom på allvar? Just det, för han är den dumma och han är bekväm med det. Detta är förbannelsen av att ha perfekta karaktärer: bestående konflikt och (gudförbjud) personlighet blir en omöjlighet. Skrattspåret är det enda som borde ha dött ut direkt efter det föddes. Varje show som har en är nästan säkert motsatsen till rolig. Hur kan jag göra en så bred generalisering? När en show som påstår sig vara "komedi" kräver skratt av någon BESIDER AUDIENCE så måste det betyda att publiken inte skulle skratta utan den. Laughtracks förstör humorn genom att förhindra snabba comebacks. Humour blir en konstruktion snarare än en friflytande enhet (se The Office, Arrested Development). Det leder mig till nästa punkt: humorn är tråkig. Det finns inget sätt att göra en perfekt karaktär något mer än något humoristiskt (utan ett skrattspår tydligen) helt enkelt för att vår vardagliga humor kommer från att vi känner igen våra brister. Tänk om Monica dejtade en 17-åring? Hon inser genast att det hon gör inte är rätt och gör slut med honom. Det måste finnas någon form av konflikt snarare än en omedelbar lösning. Kanske hennes mamma får reda på det eller så försöker en av hennes vänner bli av med honom och hamnar förföra honom. Det skulle vara bra, det skulle vara som en vårdnadsstrid! Så nu har jag lagt fram bevis för min position. Många av mina vänner älskar denna show eftersom de inte har hört talas om Curb Your Enthusiasm eller Arrested Development, många av mina vänner hatar denna show eftersom de nyligen började titta på Curb Your Enthusiasm eller Arrested Development. Jag har sett väldigt lite av "Vänner" i mitt liv, men jag har sett tillräckligt för att upptäcka enorma brister som gör showen, enligt min mening, helt ovakbar. Om du har läst så här långt, tack, och jag hoppas att du åtminstone börjar titta på några av de program jag har nämnt. ALTERNATIV: - negativ - positiv
Please tell me how it feels in the following review: I have a serious problem with this show, several actually. A simple list is enough for the moment, I go into more depth later: superficial characters, a laugh track and boring humor. If you don't want to watch the rest of this review and just read it so you can feel superior (as if you see something in this show I don't) to a often annoyed teenager from Canada I'll summarize: Friends suck, not only because it's worried but because it destroyed the TV audience for new, good programs (Arrested Development, Dexter etc.). Friends are as much to blame for reality TV, "Two and a Half Men" and "The King of Queens" as the TV executives. Let's move on to the review. These characters have no soul, they are exactly the same in every way (outside gender and hair color). They react in the same way in boring situations and are completely safe in their own bodies. Where is the conflict and the humor that comes with it? Why doesn't Rachel storm out on Monica when Monica starts hanging out with Rachel's enemy? Why isn't Joey considering suicide because nobody seems to take him seriously? That's right, because he's the stupid one and he's comfortable with it. This is the curse of having perfect characters: lasting conflict and (god forbid) personality become an impossibility. The laughter trail is the only thing that should have died out right after it was born. Every show that has one is almost certainly the opposite of funny. How can I make such a broad generalization? When a show that claims to be "comedy" demands laughter from some BESIDER AUDIENCE, it must mean that the audience would not laugh without it. The Laughtracks destroy humor by preventing rapid comebacks. Humour becomes a construction rather than a free-floating unit (see The Office, Arrested Development). That brings me to the next point: humor is boring. There is no way to make a perfect character anything more than something humorous (without a laugh track apparently) simply because our everyday humor comes from recognizing our shortcomings. What if Monica was dating a 17-year-old? She immediately realizes that what she is doing is not right and breaks up with him. There must be some kind of conflict rather than an immediate solution. Maybe her mother finds out or one of her friends tries to get rid of him and ends up seducing him. That'd be great. It'd be like a custody battle! So now I've come forward with evidence of my position. Many of my friends love this show because they haven't heard of Curb Your Enthusiasm or Arrested Development, many of my friends hate this show because they recently started watching Curb Your Enthusiasm or Arrested Development. I've seen very little of "Friends" in my life, but I've seen enough to discover huge flaws that make the show, in my opinion, completely unwatchable. If you've read so far, thank you, and I hope you at least start watching some of the programs I've mentioned. ALTERNATIVE: - negative - positive
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negative