Thu, May 6, 2004
Is Friends really so bad?—6:27 PM
The very last scene of Friends, as written by someone who has never sat through an entire episode [Jim Treacher]
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So Cute! [Low Culture]
This is like that Gigli business all over again. Hate NBC's hyperbolic overpromotion of the Friends finale (I do), but don't hate Friends. And don't hate the Olsen twins either for that matter! (They were on Letterman and they said it's okay if I call them that.) Just because something is more fun than it is meaningful doesn't mean it's inherently bad. This is just like those bastards who "don't own a TV." (And by the way, "I've never sat through an entire episode of Friends" is pretty much the exact same thing!) Popular culture is American; in fact it's the exact "American" thing that makes them hate us.
So, watch Friends or join the Taliban, is what I'm saying. Mary-Kate Olsen or Hitler.
"Jim Treacher" — Fri, 5/7/04 12:36pm
I don't hate Friends either. I've just never watched it, and the unrelenting hype is exhausting. The show itself could be great, for all I know.