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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 438487" data-attributes="member: 5079">Loins will be girded.Even in the worst yelling case, with only 12 episodes I&#039;m not too worried about it.&nbsp; I lasted into the third season of MAUDE before the yelling broke my nerves and even then it was the shrill accent of Mrs. Naugatuck that killed it for me.&nbsp; As long as that British accent, whatever it is, isn&#039;t on FAWTLY, I think I&#039;ll be fine.&nbsp; If the first episode is an indication, yelling at the crescendo of mounting lunacy seems comedically appropriate; it&#039;s yelling out of the gate and continuously that I find frazzling. I think this is was an inevitability of any adaptation.&nbsp; American sitcoms are seldom built around genuinely unpleasant characters. American sitcoms rely heavily on cozy familiarity.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s not really until the late 70s that unpleasant characters start to show up, and only in supporting roles.&nbsp; I gather Archie was considerably softened from his British counterpart.&nbsp; (Did Maude have a British counterpart?)&nbsp; This might seem to be a cultural difference between Britain and the US, but I think it&#039;s more practical.&nbsp; Spending 12 episodes with a miserable misanthrope is one thing; spending 150 episodes with a miserable misanthrope is quite another.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 438487, member: 5079"] Loins will be girded. Even in the worst yelling case, with only 12 episodes I'm not too worried about it. I lasted into the third season of MAUDE before the yelling broke my nerves and even then it was the shrill accent of Mrs. Naugatuck that killed it for me. As long as [I]that [/I]British accent, whatever it is, isn't on FAWTLY, I think I'll be fine. If the first episode is an indication, yelling at the crescendo of mounting lunacy seems comedically appropriate; it's yelling out of the gate and continuously that I find frazzling. I think this is was an inevitability of any adaptation. American sitcoms are seldom built around genuinely unpleasant characters. American sitcoms rely heavily on cozy familiarity. It's not really until the late 70s that unpleasant characters start to show up, and only in supporting roles. I gather Archie was considerably softened from his British counterpart. (Did Maude have a British counterpart?) This might seem to be a cultural difference between Britain and the US, but I think it's more practical. Spending 12 episodes with a miserable misanthrope is one thing; spending 150 episodes with a miserable misanthrope is quite another. [/QUOTE]

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