How to Ruin a Party: The Philosophy of Curb Your Enthusiasm - Wisecrack Edition
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What is it about Larry David's show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, that so reliably escalates the most banal situations into a nails-on-a-chalkboard level of discomfort? Let's find out in this Wisecrack Edition on The Philosophy of Curb Your Enthusiasm why nobody knows how to make us cringe quite like Larry David.
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Anytime Larry starts the phrase “ Ya know, I couldn’t help but notice...” then the battle is about to begin
Or “let me ask you this”
I would then say, "Technically speaking" or "Historically speaking" just to counter argue.
I really love when Larry greets an army veteran by saying "hello" instead of "thank you for your service" like anybody else in the room.
Shit I would do this too and then point out if anyone has a problem
Funny thing is I know a lot of vets who kind of prefer it that way.
@@aa-id7li they're people, yes they served but saying thank you for your service. I feel that's unnecessary as is that good enough to make them feel special or appreciated
fuzzyhair321 Thanking veterans is more often than not a way to tell veterans that you appreciate them so that you don’t have to do anything to show veterans that you appreciate them. The people who appreciate veterans the loudest are usually the people who help them the least.
"Hi, nice to meet cha!"
i love it that whole episode is great, earlier in that episode he asks the waiter to ask the chef to cook a dish certain way and its set up to be a big fiasco...
but it just works out at the end
My favorite scene is when a rabbi tells Larry he’s bringing a “Survivor”, so Larry brings a Holocaust survivor, not knowing the rabbi meant the early 2000s reality tv show competition. Hi-LARRY-ous.
Holy shit I forgot about that. Such a great show
DID YOU EVER SEE OUR SHOW? IT WAS CALLED THE HOLOCAUST
I love the scene in which Larry takes issue with a line that Cheryl has in her vows about eternity. "You mean this is continuing into the afterlife?" watch?v=DtGcQyKfid8
Doesnt he write a phone number on his forearm and they think it's his holocaust tattoo? That's sooooo funny
@@Aaron-kj8dv I did that one time in high school, my uncle was so mad; I didn't know why until he explained it
“I do hate myself, but it has nothing to do with being Jewish!”
One of my all time favorite Larry David quotes. Such a hilarious response, honest but totally outside the normal bounds of acceptable conversation. Imagine just casually telling someone you hate yourself! Hilarious
It shut the other guy up for a bit
* "I may LOATHE myself..."
@@FerGalicia This was how I remembered it too, but it's actually in the video
@16:58 "I do hate myself..."
Maybe he said them both and it's just awkwardly edited
"Yeah, I ate [12 muffins] in one sitting because I have no self-control and I hate myself. Is that what you want to hear?" - Bojack Horseman
I do it all the time... "While I hate myself, I don't hate myself that much to endure xyz thing."
the best part is always how nice susie to larry is when he comes over and half a minute later shes furious calling him a fuck and throws him out
I know, everytime it's "Oh hey Lar".
on my podcast about the show - we sayd that every night Susie has a reset that happens until the next time Larry makes her mad. It makes me happy lolol if you wanna check it out the Podcast is called Larry! A Curb your Enthusiasm Podcast
@@thedeshow4586 Oh, you do a Curb podcast? What do you think of the recent season(s)? I was so excited when it came back on the air but watched a couple episodes and stopped cuz I was disappointed. But maybe it got good again. What's your opinion?
@@shnglbot it seems as though this season they have kinda thrown it all against the wall to see what will stick. I think every season has had its fair share of bad episodes but I am going to stick with it this season. Leon in full effect!
@@thedeshow4586 Thanks. I will give it another try!
I owned a frozen yogurt shop. Abuse of Sample Privilege is a very real thing. Larry enforcing the Unwritten Rules of a Civilization while standing up for the person behind the counter is legendary. Early on, I cringed at Larry. Now I seem to totally relate to him, and wish more people thought like him.
Me tooooo 😂😂😂
Absolute favorite scene from all of Curb is the one where Larry sits down in a crowded restaurant next to a guy yapping away on his blutooth earpiece. Irritated, he starts holding a conversation with his "invisible friend". So freaking brilliant!
what episode is that?
the episode where Larry and Cheryl have to go to porn actor Bob Odenkirk's house party is still more deeply unsettling than most modern horror films
sandal in mouth that was probably the 3rd or 4th episode lol
batgurrl exactly lmfao
A lot of people said 12 Cloverfield Lane was one of the most suspenseful and intense things they've ever seen.
I always ask them if they've seen this specific episode of Curb.
sandal in mouth everything about it was Larry encapsulated early on
bigpimpdaddy69 that’s when Jeff told him to hide his porn stash and he was checking it out. He was in trouble with Jeff’s parents from Day 1
Beloved Aunt was in season 1
Pretty...Preeetttyyy good.
No to few pretty. Pretty, pretty, pretty bad!!!
twinblade6 yep you left out one pretty
Prettay... prettayy... prettay good
Okay, wait, now that talk about the kamikaze pilot has me thinking: if the kamikaze pilot survives, were they good or bad at it?
Megamean09
I'll do ya one better
Kamikaze pilots are just suicide bombers but less ghetto
Lucky, the planes had an eject button that frequently failed
The “bad Kamikaze pilots” = war heroes who at some point had a moment of clarity and choosing to live during the act of diving ultimately switched sides and helped win the war for us, Larry was right but for me this unfortunately brings Yoshi’s allegiance into question because he should’ve been even more proud of his father as a war hero being a Japanese American.
I don't see a way they could be good at it. If they missed their target then they were bad. If they hit their target but didn't sink it nor die, they failed and probably became a POW (dishonor in Japanese culture), If they did sink their target and survived, the fact that they were able to be saved is astonishing, but I guess it depends on who saved them then.
Or maybe he wasn't selected for a mission before the war ended. It's more of a modus ponen in that case.
90% of the time Larry is right though, a tremendous amount of social norms aren't helpful and should be moved away from.
Paul Mooney chat and cut indeed
I agree, groupthinking can be extremly dangerous.
@James Scalzo Just a whole load of refs to the same Frankfurt School philosopher.
You have to be delusional to think this
Exactly my thoughts when watching this
Larry is the sane one in society. I love how he exposes phony social norms
"in a mad world only the mad are sane"
I always say, "My bad, I didn't read the rule book"
While also enforcing others that only he seems to know
@@jonathanlundquist5845 Exactly! "It's an unwritten rule!"
Larry is a breath of fresh air, I wish we had a national holiday of no lies, no social norms, no b.s. where we could all walk around doing what we honestly felt vs pretending all the time.
This episode made me exstreamly uncomfortabol because I relized why I was put into special education - to learn all these social norms. I had no idea there was a whole book writen about these structures and thats what I was taught.
I guess comedy has a source in truth after all. Thank you for making this video. Now I have something to show my loved one to fix a few things. . .
I still think you need that special education bud
My favorite scene is definitely when Larry discovers his “real” parents to be gentiles and becomes a thoughtful, considerate person for an episode. He basically turn into turns into Andy Griffith
This show is brilliant.
Who else on the planet would have done Larry vs Michael J. Fox?
Was that a Parkinson’s shake or a regular shake?😀
You're clomping on purpose?
Erik Van der Zee he told him it was special shoes he has to wear but if I remember he was clomping on purpose😀
@@batgurrl he did clomp on purpose. and he also shook the soda can before giving it to Larry. he admitted it to the Iranian guy that helped Larry get out of the Fatwah.
Shani Bernstein I just watched Larry vs Michael J. Fox again I forgot how funny he was but PLEASE help me out with the second he was in - Wikipedia just said it was in 2017 - duh. I zipped thru that episode with Salman Rushdie telling Larry about Fatwa sex but I didn’t see Fox in there. Which episode was he in? I must see it again😘
@@batgurrl It's Episode 8 of Season 9. It's called "Never Wait for Seconds!"
Don't put everything on Larry. Sometimes he's the problem, but most times he is NOT the problem. It's others who either violate a reasonable rule or who insist on some arbitrary one, and the awkwardness that ensues is a result of Larry being the only reasonable one, not the only unreasonable one. Case in point, the clip you show 10 minutes in with the lady and the cake. She tells Larry "I want you to stop me from eating cake here, NO MATTER WHAT." and then later she wants cake and wants him to break his word. He doesn't, even though everyone insists that he should. "oh Larry you're being unreasonable, just give it to her, just break your word!" But Larry keeps his word. Kant would be proud. Imagine if he just gave in, gave the lady cake, and she later regrets it or worse has a health complication because of it. What would the rest of the world say of Larry? "oh, he's unreliable, he can't keep his word, he can't protect his friend, etc etc."
I agree, the only frustrating thing is the amount of people who would mis-characterize themselves as a "right Larry" when they are not actually logically consistent
One episode I love where everyone else is the problem is the one where Larry and Cheryl go to a baptism, an event Larry knows nothing about. Losing the plane-tickets, they have to drive there, arriving while it's happening. Larry thinks the priest is drowning a man and steps in to stop it. It all comes to a head when we realize the baptism was taking place because the groom is Jewish and has to become a Christian to marry his fiancée. It all erupts into a gigantic religious disagreement.
So with you. The only main fault of Larry is that he at times overreacts and, therefore, exacerbates the situation.
@@zoep9233 I'll grant you it isn't 1000% clear cut, but the judgement has to go to Larry here. (I'm gonna try to recall some details from the episode here, but if I'm off please let me know) She said "Stop me. NO. MATTER. WHAT. I'm coming to you Larry because I know you, of all people, will stick to this." And he warned her, "I'm gonna stop you no matter what." What is the point of her request if Larry is supposed to drop it at the first chance? You're right, she shouldn't have made the request if she wasn't sure, and if later there's a conflict because she changed her mind, that's HER fault not Larry's. Is a slice of cake as serious as a drink of alcohol or a hit of drugs for an addict? No, but it's a similar situation. The addict may want their "autonomy" in the moment, but after they are allowed to indulge you can totally see them turning on Larry later "I trusted you and you just let me do it.....". There's probably a middle ground, where Larry can throw his hands up and say "hey, you asked me. I tried, but you're starting to attack me over this so I'll wash my hands of this situation." and that's probably the best. But the principle guiding Larry is simply this: keep your word. Plato and Kant would be proud, I think. I think overall that's the dynamic of the show.
Remember an early episode (may have been the first episode), where Larry's pants bunch up near the crotch and so a lady he is with becomes CONVINCED he had a boner for her. She refuses to consider she may be wrong, and everyone believes her and says "oh Larry, you're so gross" This misunderstanding sets the stage for nearly every other interaction in the show, and shows why and how Larry becomes a pariah in his social group.
@@zoep9233 very thoughtful. not just food for thought, a fucking BUFFETT. Thanks for writing it!
I was at a sales rally and the owner of the company walked in and got a standing ovation with applause. I didn’t want to stand, hadn’t heard anything yet worthy of a standing ovation, and almost didn’t get up. Eventually I did stand up and golf clapped because I was still relatively new to the position and didn’t want to lose it over something so stupid. Afterwards a friend of mine commented on the fact I almost didn’t get up and looking back now, it was my total Larry David moment. Too bad I gave in. This story might be infinitely better if I had stayed sitting! Haha
I love that the show is entirely improv; in some parts you wouldn't even notice. I remember Larry David saying the reason for his show being completely improv is because he hates writing. Every episode follows the same basic premise:
Larry starts off with a clean slate.
Larry finds a way to question or pervert a social norm.
Larry gets into trouble for his meddling.
Larry thinks he's found a way out of it, and he's in the clear.
Larry's lies and misdeeds catch up with him, and he ends up shooting himself in the a**.
Cue the music!
Prettay good. Prettay, prettayyy good.
I still keep asking people why they say “bless you” when they sneeze.
Force of habit.
I say "God bless you" and I mean it..i hope God blesses them. Albeit it is definitely arbitrary to bless at a sneeze. It's tradition from a culture that had more people of faith that prayed for one another's health.
Trajan Augustus I get that...but why do we still say it?
I read that sneezing is somehow the act of our souls trying to leave our body or something and that's why we bless those
I was in a shop the other day and the cashier hiccuped. There was no socially acceptable rejoinder to that...so awkward.
This show is exactly what we need during this time where everyone is watching you and judging every action you make
You mean like what Larry David did on his show?
Elaine wasn't talking to the baby's parent when she said "Some ugly baby". That was the doctor she was hitting on.
Just about to comment the same thing!
"BuT I dOnT WanNa dO tHe ReseARCH!"
That episode was breathtaking
@@Aaron-kj8dv You're breathtaking
This would've been George Costanza if he married Susan
Larry actually based George off himself. Some of his antics are ripped from real life.
Michael Schneider Larry said he quit a job irl and just showed up like nothing happend lol
@@BLUE5294 and in that case they REALLY did follow reality, to a tee. Larry up and quits Saturday Night Live in a giant huff, upon getting home he regrets it and his actual neighbor Kramer (who Cosmo Kramer is based off of) suggests he return like it never happened. I forget what George's job was in the show he quit, but then they had Kramer suggest the same idea to him of pretending it wasn't real, or just a joke, etc
But yep lots of stuff is real. Larry got caught at a party eating foot off the top of a full trash can, he had a masturbation contest with a couple of friends... and there's several more.
@@kevinw712 I can tell ya, I've been there... except the masturbation contest; I'd never make it.
@ECL28E: Susie Greene is what Elaine would become, if she were to end up with George
Just started curb and already on season 5, definitely binge worthy
Gloomy Samurai omg keep going
I've watched them all. One of the best sitcoms of the last twenty years.
Anon B pretty pretty good
It's always sunny and curb your enthusiasm are the 2 sitcoms I can rewatch over and over again
Binge and cringe! :)
Larry takes the mantle of "stand for your own convictions" to an absolute. Building on that, he deconstructs social norms to their building blocks -it's at this level his true genius in the show flourishes. The fact that he can agree with the overwhelming majority of another person or group's creed, but unabashedly attack the latter's views as 'not of his own, therefore incorrect'. Through the years many of the shows plots have been magnificent.
My favorite interaction so far is when Larry meets a black dentist and the first thing he says is “Really? Even with the affirmative action?” Lmao
Y'know now that I look back on all the awkward moments I've had, "Social Assassin" is the best description for those moments. I don't know what it is but sometimes I can be just like Larry, obsessing over little things that no one cares about, or being upset over social conventions that to me seem utterly ridiculous to adhere to.
The episode with Lin Manuel Miranda was everything great in this world.
What makes me laugh is when Larry sometimes shows he is shocked that he is being kicked out of somewhere. And other times he just walks out.
Huh... I always thought I was some sort of shithead for semi-acting/performing on every interaction I have... Turns out everybody's doing it.
Nah it's just you
Andreas Stock It’s all of us, but only a handful of people are aware of it. I’m not.
a bit of larry david in you is healthy
Another big social convention fundamental to the show is the notion of the apology. In fact, I think David mentioned the show was originally going to be titled “I Apologise”. The failed apology to David Schwimmer’s father is also one of the show’s most hilarious moments.
My dad told my aunt once, "Ooooh are you expecting?" She was not.
What Larry-moments I've survived? God damn... I *AM* Larry :(
Never watch the show but I get the impression I am too. Defiantly would've called out the Cobb salad and Kamikaze guys. I'm not Jewish but the Wagner guy wouldn't gotten an earful because instrumental music cant convey anti-Semitism so what does it matter if someone listens to it.
My son's ring tone for me is the Curb Your Enthusiasim theme music.
What I love is that I identify with Larry more than “normal people”, yet Curb still gets me happy cringing 😆
Always hilarious! He even sabotages his own efforts to get back with Cheryl in order to find out who caused the water stain on julia's table
It's interesting, I think there is a genuine appeal to Larry's complete refusal to socially cooperate in a number of scenarios. For those who spend a lot of energy getting to working consensus, just picking a line and holding it has an allure.
But I also notice, after working with a number of very rigid people, there is a compelling reason that flexibility and working consensus are dominant strategies. Dealing with people who would rather have their principles than accomplish anything can be extremely frustrating. And if you are the person being rigid, then you may find yourself being extremely frustrating to others. As annoying as they can be, social norms do often serve an important utility function in human relationships. I think the important thing is not to get caught up in using them for their own sake.
in terms of this video's subject, i love when larry and jeff ate the doggy oscar's very last ice cream on the way back to the vet's, got caught by that guy who vowed silence, told susie the shop was closed and finally got exposed at the very end because larry pissed him off big time... priceless
the whole Cobb Salad episode isn't just because the friend was lying about his grandpa inventing the salad, but also because the guy was HEAVILY flirting with Larry's wife out in public. So, naturally, Larry tried to find a way to put the liar down.
This is one of the first comedy shows I remember ever seeing that didn’t have a laugh track behind it.. and I thought that was so odd at first, but once I watched a few episodes I was hooked, been watching ever since .. when did this show first air like 2001? Ish?
I'm pretty sure, though it's hard to find references, that Larry David never wanted a laugh track in seinfeld but was forced to by the studio
I think 2000. Incredible it’s still going on and strong as ever
@@silverdragon710 that 5 year hiatus was a bold, and ultimately genius move that i think paid off tremendously...one thing about LD that seperates him from most of hollywood is he knows when to call it quits or take a break..he knows when things are getting stale and he gets out in front of that inevitable fact..i dont see how this show doesnt go down as the greatest comedy of all time..how the hell does 1 man create 2 of the best comedy shows of all time? "thats that shit that gon make you legendary"
@@samwise1790 Seinfeld was going to have laughs in it anyway, because it was always filmed in front of a live studio audience. Even for the exterior, on location portions they'd do for a given episode, the producers would play back that fully edited footage to the audience that's there in the studio for the episode taping and record their laughter at it so they still had something real and legitimate for those stretches there wasn't a live audience for. The show did still wind up using a laugh track machine, but not to 'cheat' by covering up a moment that didn't get a natural laugh when shooting. It was just to maintain a consistent level to the sound of the laughs from the audience given they'd often be using footage from two completely different takes to complete one whole scene. If they didn't, the sounds wouldn't match at all, it would be very awkward and noticeable for broadcast quality television.
I onced closed the door on teenaged trick-or-treaters without costumes but nothing happened to my house. I guess I was lucky.
That part got to me a little. Closing the door on trick-or-treating teenagers is no more a faux pas than being a teenager who is trick-or-treating. They were one for one there, until the teens committed an actual legal misdemeanor.
In order to get a treat in the UK you must: wear a costume
do a performance (jokes, songs etc)
carry a carved lantern (ours was a marrow).
Miss out any of these & get NOTHING. UK guisers are expected to earn their treats, not just demand them.
Wow, brilliant video! It really clicked for me when you described Curb Your Enthusiasm as analysis of social interactions. It's truly the study of one's persona and effects of breaking it up.
Just started watching this show recently. After a few seasons I came to check this channel for content on the show. A week later this pops up! Thank you guys!
Umm, am I the only one who's always on Larry's side?
I am too
I am too. I didn't know there was any other interpretaton.... until this video. WHAT???
do the philosophy of eric andre BIRD UP
Yes! Give me that sweet, sweet, Myth of Sysphus by Camus!
Yes, specifically Bird Up.
Nihilism
You've missed at least ONE very important episode, where Larry finds out his mom died. Where Larry fought on the side of consensus, as his Dad and relatives refused to notify Larry about his own mother's death. Who does that?
Hilarity ensues, sure. But why not show that here, too?
Rather be right than being part of a functioning social situation is the mindset of a true scientist
I'm glad to see that wisecrack respects wood
My favorite series of all time. I simply adore Curb. Everything that Larry does I see.
i never really got into seinfeld for various reasons (canned laughter, a comedy about a comedian that isn't really likeable ect.) but curb your enthusiam is awesome and larry's character is actually a great straight-forward guy.
The irony of finding this while watching Seinfeld AND explaining Curb to my brother is way more than I asked for/can take at this particular moment...
To me it all goes back to one moment : Mr Pink doesn’t tip, in the opening scene of Reservoir Dogs 😂.
"what larry moments have you survived"
I _am_ the larry moment.
thank you, great analysis... I've been watching this first thing everyday morning... oddly enough, it puts me in a good headspace.
Larry has tapped into a different mindset that's honest, challenging, creative and hilarious...
OMFG this episode of curb your enthusasm triggers me immensely
"Im a doctor and he's a pharmicist" implying pharmacists don't know what the drugs they prescribe do.
I am an angry pharmacy student
Then we should just all go to pharmacists instead of doctors. Actually, that's not to far off in the future. YIKES.
Blackavar WD I mean there is a reason that there is a separation between the people who diagnose and thise who sell the drugs to protect from quacks
@@angelomassaro4487
That makes zero sense.
Are you sure you're a "pharmacy student?"
Blackavar WD Yeah? Care to elaborate why that makes zero sense?
@@angelomassaro4487
I can't explain to you *why* you don't make sense. I don't know why you don't make sense. Maybe you should see a therapist... or try one of those meds! You know which one.
5:45 Pretty sure you should side with the pharmacist. They get doctors writing prescriptions that would kill their patients all the time. They are there to check on this and recommend alternatives.
Trust neither, the pharmaceutical industry payed both of them to recommend shit drugs that started the opioid crisis
@@bobeinstein3131 EXACTLY
Curb peaked with the Michael J Fox Parkinson’s episode. Absolutely side splitting from start to finish.
Wow, what a fantastic video. Such well chosen clips to cross-reference with Goffman's psychology. Both enlightening and entertaining. Well done!
A Larry moment/thought process I champion is; against any "well that's what most couples do" statement in regards to time frame of relationship steps. E.i., "you've been together for X amount of time? Wow about time to get married right?" "No, I don't feel that." "Well that's what most people do."
My favorite is the one about the bare midriff. 😂
The part where he almost fell killed me
I'm uncomfortable and anxious just form watching the video. GOSH
Same here. Maybe it's because I was married to a Larry and got sick and tired of smoothing all the feathers he brashly ruffled. Damn tiresome.
Larry is the honesty that society lacks but sorely needs.
There was a regular customer at my store who was Eastern-European, I think. Old guy who looked a bit like Larry David and had a similar demeanor.
Anyway, a woman in front of him at the express lane had more than the item limit, which I think was maybe 14 items. So the regular was getting mad at the customer and the cashier, who let her go through the lane when there was another big lane open. The regular was arguing that if there is a limit on the items you have to follow it. And the customer was saying that the cashier let her in and it wasn't a big deal and they were arguing back and forth.
Then when the female customer finished up, she was just done with the argument and she said as condescendingly as she possibly could, "have a nice day." And the regular didn't understand what she meant and argued back at her and then she said "have a nice day" again and it just made him more mad, so he said, "why do you care so much about my day?" in an accusatory tone. And she just repeated it with a smug look on her face and left.
I think she was going for the whole "he's really grumpy so he must be taking his mood out on me so therefore I'm right because I am the calm one" thing so that was her way of getting the upper hand, but I think she just equally confused and angered the guy. All the same, it was very entertaining to watch.
"More golf than plot..."
I couldn't have put it better myself.
It was a weird moment of self reflection for me to watch this and get an analysis of the show from you guys because I've always described it as a show about "a guy who's always right but it doesn't matter"... That being said I don't think that will change
I don't think you're farfeom truth in your description. That being said, I think Seinfeld would appreciate your comment 😃
Boy oh boy how many times i wish i could call out the weatherman like Larry does. He's an inspiration. Yet again, great stuff Michael, great stuff Wisecrack!
The thing that makes Larry so interesting is that his interest in being right even manages to top him redefining social situations in ways that benefit him.
I love the twin ,deja vu, very awkward moments in the Wrong Night episode. Absolutely priceless !
i just love how Jeff will basically always agree with Larry
I've been living all my life as his character does. It wasn't until I embraced it that I really started to enjoy myself. Most people are fake, adopting these fronts even when the're not a bit necessary. Every once in a while, I'm able to get at the real person beneath and I'll tell you, they're a lot more beautiful that way.
You are full of shit.
Just started watching this show a month ago based on a friend's recommendation. Fantastic. Can't believe I'd never watched it before.
I had a mini-Larry moment when my friend got invited to a U2 concert though he wasn't a fan. I told him I'm a fan so I should go instead, but he went. The next time I saw him I asked how the concert was and he said it was great. I asked what songs they played and he looked uncomfortable. My voice even broke Larry David-style when I yelled at him, "Name a U2 song!" and he couldn't. 😄
3:42
Dont forget the bashful BODY-SUIT MAN
I had a neighbor who would talk about how smart her 5 year old is and say things like" he smarter than us" so one day we were hanging in the back yard drinking and she started on it again only for me to say "well he aint smarter than me" and needless to say it erupted pretty quickly.
Calling people out on their bullshit feels so good though noticing and criticizing the minutia of the way someone is is just so satisfying
Whoa this is explains why I always have difficulty with having academic discussions with my parents! I will have to keep these ideas in mind next time.
I needed this, thank you!
This was very interesting. Now that I have some vocabulary to talk about it, I guess you could say I try to find consensus as quickly as possible, very often by overriding my own wishes. I have had to work hard in my adult years to be more assertive. It doesn't come easy
What I find very interesting is how the structure of languages impacts the social role we play or find acceptable. I often can see a fairly clear difference between these forms.
WHEN I WAS A KID MY MOM BOUGHT ME CHEAP JEANS AND IT DISINTIGRATED WHILE I WAS SITTING ON MY CHAIR... AND THE COLORING WASHED ONTO SEAT.... ALSO, ONE TIME... COLOGNE FELL IN MY DRAWER OF CLOTHES AND MY WHOLE 4TH GRADE LIFE WAS RUINED... ALL DAY EVERYONE KEPT TELLING ME HOW I SMELLED... LOL!!
Larry is the hero, not the villain. He's the only sane person in a world gone mad.
A victim of circumstance.
i was considering to watch for months.. thanks man
“I would advise you to give the treat” 😂😂
LAMO ! I am sorry dude, but the transisiton from 10:49 where we see "Bald Asshole" to Micheal made me laugh.
And the fact that Micheal is wearing a cap makes it even funnier.
One of my faves is the anonymous donor where he attacks Ted as being fake philanthropist and having faux anonymity
I do agree with his character in moment like not giving the woman cake 🤷♂️
That's what makes it funny too, is that everyone is unreasonable in that world. Like if he did give her the cake they would've turned on him too lol
As someone who's been alienated from society and isolated since I was 8, learning no social lessons, apparently Larry's experience is my life. Far from being funny or entertaining, however, after 50ish years of being misunderstood and rejected, with no help coming from anywhere, I look forward to taking advantage of the mental health extension of Canada's MAID law, which they should be implementing in March.
Great work
I see some of my own behavior in what Larry, although with less comedic timing. Which, in a way, helps me see my flaws from the eyes of those I affect so I may see my errors and *try* to change my behaviors.
Good luck with that.
Changing behavior sucks.
@@BlackavarWD Damn straight, it does! I need all the luck I can get
This is excellent. I know Goffman's work, and I've never seen the connection, but he's totally right about what makes Larry Larry.
Great vid, thanks! Really enjoyed that.
There are so many people who says they feel like outsiders socially but the moment they are social they try to fit in.
at the beginning i couldnt watch it because it made me so discomfortable lol, but i think watching curb its a good way to work that discomfort out of yourself, you get so much cringe moments that you start to desensitize to it and you start to feel confortable in uncomfortable situations and not just automatically follow the group even when you dont want to.
"You know, we're living in a society!!!" - George. I feel this everyday.
hypernormalisation: "I know that you know, that I'm lying"
i only wanted to say that the phrase "to stab someone in the stomach" is comic genius. but i got pulled in to the rabbithole and now am pretty thankfull to this vid for reminding me of some great Goffman ideas. Also i'll add that it would be noice to tie this narrative together with Bergsons notion of humor.
My favorite episode is EVERY episode. It’s so smart and clever, and Larry is the best!
Curb is genious, but some of the situations are contrived. Like, you can almost see it coming right out of Larry's notebook "What if you saw a guy parking in the handicap spot with no limp, and it turns out his handicap is a speech impediment!"
I've been putting off binge watching this show the same way I put off Parks and Rec. Imma watch this one now.
Sooooooo much better than parks and rec lol
excellently told bravo to you guys for this insightful piece