It is pretty easy to take clips from an episode like this basically any direction that you would like. Whether that may be saying that it is SEINFELD’ S way of poking fun at the American society that is spiraling downward due to its increasingly informal approach to topics such as pre-marital sex. Personally what I think it was genius writing that found a way to poke fun at multiple things all at once sort of like Georges ‘Trifecta’. In this once scene SEINFELD manages to find comedy from every angle.
First they use the food factor which is basically guaranteed to get a reference in every episode (always in awkward moments such as these). Second the fact that George pulls out his television, which undoubtedly has become a primary focus of today’s society and uses it in an extremely unorthodox manner. Thirdly for all of those George fans out there it is yet another classic narcissistic George moment; taking everything he enjoys the most into consideration and nothing about his lover, George knows what he likes and he wasn’t going to let a silly thing like this girls feelings get in the way of the perfect day.
To follow up on that last example think about the lunch conversation with Jerry. After Jerry compares him to Calagula, a sexually perverse roman emperor, he says “you’ve combined food and sex into one disgusting controllable urge!”, but it is Georges reaction to this that is the giveaway, he exclaims “you’re right!” almost as if he just discovered fire for the first time. The fact that he was ecstatic and impressed with himself and not mourning over his lost love further demonstrates his narcissistic ways.
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Would you please revise and place the appropriate blog number (#5: Catchy Title) before your title? This way, the blogs will be easy to find when you're sifting through all them at the end of the semester. Thanks.
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