Shiny Things - March 24th, 2008

07:57 am - Corner Gas

Some time ago, reubeneaterand  krikketgirlloaned us the first season of Corner Gas, a Canadian sitcom about a small town in the middle of Saskatchewan. It was a nice break from the stress of filing taxes as a new business owner, as well as some frustration with my HCI class. It's a funny show. I'm not big on sitcoms, generally, but this one is pretty erudite (it has grammar humor) and clever. They have a way with flashbacks, especially. My only quibble is the jokes of the "he's so stupid" variety: there are rather a lot of those, with two characters in particular. I know people do stupid things, and that's often funny, but when it gets to the point where you're portraying _people_ as stupid instead of _actions_ as stupid, it just seems mean-spirited to me. Other than that, we're enjoying the show and I look forward to watching the rest of the episodes.