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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 438657" data-attributes="member: 23">I recently watched The Royle Family for the first time, which is one of the earliest of its kind (certainly of the modern day single-camera comedy). It was several years before the original The Office. 
<img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fis1-ssl.mzstatic.com%2Fimage%2Fthumb%2Fqkwx5Tnc54G0Ej7gUukUHA%2F1200x675.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=b5b72c308b8e8b656cd1581fc4631ca7a87d1bc17d0bf22822bbf18e4e546179" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 802px" />The naturalism is a joy to watch without being jarring, but I&#039;m sure it would have been a revelation when it began in the Nineties. It&#039;s heavily influenced by the 1974 documentary series The Family - a fly-on the wall documentary that was a precursor to modern reality TV (The Family, in turn, was probably influenced by 1971&#039;s An American Family).I found myself laughing far harder than I have at most traditional sitcoms. It probably landed harder because it had meaning, and felt more real and nuanced than most sitcoms. Each little moment was crafted to perfection.And what a treat to watch people watching television. Sometimes in real time, and doing very little else.It is. Part of its strength is its brevity. It&#039;s just 34 episodes beginning to end, and it has a decent &quot;origin&quot; story (used by most or all of the adaptions), but it also wraps up the story with a proper ending without outstaying its welcome. Well worth a look, if you get the chance.Most of the cast are also the writers/creators so they have skin in the game and there&#039;s a purity there (as well as a sense of history from their earlier projects, which were aimed at children). There&#039;s a big screen version in the works, apparently.I&#039;ve watched the American adaption, and it&#039;s quite watchable but I couldn&#039;t make it past the first couple of episodes. A significant factor was the wide-eyed, smiley, cloyingly sunny blonde lead woman (who soured my experience) but the key reason was because it just feels pointless to remake a series and script in the same language when it was good to begin with. I&#039;m a purist so I&#039;d choose the original every time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 438657, member: 23"] I recently watched [I]The Royle Family [/I]for the first time, which is one of the earliest of its kind (certainly of the modern day single-camera comedy). It was several years before the original [I]The Office. [/I] [CENTER] [IMG width="802px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fis1-ssl.mzstatic.com%2Fimage%2Fthumb%2Fqkwx5Tnc54G0Ej7gUukUHA%2F1200x675.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=b5b72c308b8e8b656cd1581fc4631ca7a87d1bc17d0bf22822bbf18e4e546179[/IMG][/CENTER] The naturalism is a joy to watch without being jarring, but I'm sure it would have been a revelation when it began in the Nineties. It's heavily influenced by the 1974 documentary series [I]The Family -[/I] a fly-on the wall documentary that was a precursor to modern reality TV ([I]The Family,[/I] in turn, was probably influenced by 1971's[I] An American Family[/I]). I found myself laughing far harder than I have at most traditional sitcoms. It probably landed harder because it had meaning, and felt more real and nuanced than most sitcoms. Each little moment was crafted to perfection. And what a treat to watch people watching television. Sometimes in real time, and doing very little else. It is. Part of its strength is its brevity. It's just 34 episodes beginning to end, and it has a decent "origin" story (used by most or all of the adaptions), but it also wraps up the story with a proper ending without outstaying its welcome. Well worth a look, if you get the chance. Most of the cast are also the writers/creators so they have skin in the game and there's a purity there (as well as a sense of history from their earlier projects, which were aimed at children). There's a big screen version in the works, apparently. I've watched the American adaption, and it's quite watchable but I couldn't make it past the first couple of episodes. A significant factor was the wide-eyed, smiley, cloyingly sunny blonde lead woman (who soured my experience) but the key reason was because it just feels pointless to remake a series and script in the same language when it was good to begin with. I'm a purist so I'd choose the original every time. [/QUOTE]

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