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Anonymous wrote:I love all of the nominations for Abbott Elementary--such a great show.

Agree about Reese Witherspoon--I think Jennifer Aniston is much better.

I was hoping for a nomination for Millie Bobby Brown.

I finally started watching and love Abbott Elementary. So mad though that it isn't like the other tv shows I can watch on demand. I already pay to much for tv and now I have to pay extra for the shows that I missed.

It’s a cute little sit com that will last a couple of seasons and then be forgotten. I like watching it but the fact is if the cast was white or set in a high poverty white area this show would never ever have made even the hint of nomination. It’s just not that amazing. The acting is ok. It’s standard sitcom acting. Again it’s enjoyable. I like watching if I remember to do so but it’s by no means award winning. 🤷‍♀️

It is, in fact, award-winning. 🤷‍♀️

I mean, it seems very similar to The Office, which ran for what, 9 seasons? And was primarily white, if you want to bring race into it in that way. And that show launched some great careers. This is just as funny and we are still getting to know the characters.

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Anonymous wrote:I wanted better call Saul to win!

Nominated over 40 times and no wins! Such a great show. Chatter is that the second half of season 6 is Emmy-eligible next year. And hopes that it does a “better late than never” cleanup a la Schitt’s Creek.

Also, time to slow up all the noms & wins for Ted Lasso. It’s a clever and heart-warming show in ways you don’t expect but I don’t think it needs to win every year in multiple categories.

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Anonymous wrote:Abbott Elementary is a very well written and clever show. It does follow the mocudocumentary style of the Office, but that's it. You have to pay attention to certain references to get some of the jokes. The characters are fantastic.

My only complaint is that Tariq was written out of the show to move to New York. The episode when he comes to the school to perform for Friends Agains Drug Exposure is by far the best one of Season 1.

Is there any context given for the documentary style? The characters are aware they are being filmed and look directly at the camera, but do we know why?

No, and this is part of why I am tired of that style show. The Office did it well - and that's not replicable. Modern Family - who knows why they were always talking to a camera. I usually thought of it as their inner monologues. Here, it seems like they do it just to do it.

That aside, it's a really good show.

Yes there is context. It is covered in the pilot. Did you even watch the show?

Obviously yes but I don't recall it ever being covered, why they are being followed by a camera crew.

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Anonymous wrote:I love all of the nominations for Abbott Elementary--such a great show.

Agree about Reese Witherspoon--I think Jennifer Aniston is much better.

I was hoping for a nomination for Millie Bobby Brown.

I finally started watching and love Abbott Elementary. So mad though that it isn't like the other tv shows I can watch on demand. I already pay to much for tv and now I have to pay extra for the shows that I missed.

It’s a cute little sit com that will last a couple of seasons and then be forgotten. I like watching it but the fact is if the cast was white or set in a high poverty white area this show would never ever have made even the hint of nomination. It’s just not that amazing. The acting is ok. It’s standard sitcom acting. Again it’s enjoyable. I like watching if I remember to do so but it’s by no means award winning. 🤷‍♀️

It is, in fact, award-winning. 🤷‍♀️

I mean, it seems very similar to The Office, which ran for what, 9 seasons? And was primarily white, if you want to bring race into it in that way. And that show launched some great careers. This is just as funny and we are still getting to know the characters.

The Office had a pretty diverse cast, actually. I'm surprised you don't know that! The four leads were white (Jim, Pam, Michael Scott, Dwight) but the rest of the cast was a real mix.

It's not that similar to The Office - The Office was much pricklier. I think the main similarity is that they're both single camera shows, done in the mockumentary style (enough of the mockumentary style!), set primarily in a workplace. But the tone is different, the characters are very different, the office setting is very different. I mean at its root, The Office is essentially about finding meaning in the middle of something meaningless - it's set at a paper factory, which is devoid of real purpose, but these weirdo characters find friendship, pathos, love, drama, hilarity, authenticity, and the full range of human experience there. While Abbott Elementary is set at a place with real stakes - but where the environment is designed to make it difficult to fulfill the important purpose. The characters primarily struggle with this contradiction (or not) in their various ways, together and alone. They rise to the occasion, and don't. I would say the main flaw so far of Abbott Elementary is that it's not much about the relationships between the characters yet, so much as the relationships of the characters to the setting - and how they bump up against each other in that.

Anyway, I also think Parks & Rec is different from both those shows, even with its workplace setting and single camera, and mockumentary style.

Of the 20 most frequently appearing characters, 16 were white. That's 80%.

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Anonymous wrote:Abbott Elementary is a very well written and clever show. It does follow the mocudocumentary style of the Office, but that's it. You have to pay attention to certain references to get some of the jokes. The characters are fantastic.

My only complaint is that Tariq was written out of the show to move to New York. The episode when he comes to the school to perform for Friends Agains Drug Exposure is by far the best one of Season 1.

Is there any context given for the documentary style? The characters are aware they are being filmed and look directly at the camera, but do we know why?

No, and this is part of why I am tired of that style show. The Office did it well - and that's not replicable. Modern Family - who knows why they were always talking to a camera. I usually thought of it as their inner monologues. Here, it seems like they do it just to do it.

That aside, it's a really good show.

Yes there is context. It is covered in the pilot. Did you even watch the show?

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Anonymous wrote:Abbott Elementary is a very well written and clever show. It does follow the mocudocumentary style of the Office, but that's it. You have to pay attention to certain references to get some of the jokes. The characters are fantastic.

My only complaint is that Tariq was written out of the show to move to New York. The episode when he comes to the school to perform for Friends Agains Drug Exposure is by far the best one of Season 1.

Is there any context given for the documentary style? The characters are aware they are being filmed and look directly at the camera, but do we know why?

No, and this is part of why I am tired of that style show. The Office did it well - and that's not replicable. Modern Family - who knows why they were always talking to a camera. I usually thought of it as their inner monologues. Here, it seems like they do it just to do it.

That aside, it's a really good show.

Yes there is context. It is covered in the pilot. Did you even watch the show?

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Anonymous wrote:Abbott Elementary is a very well written and clever show. It does follow the mocudocumentary style of the Office, but that's it. You have to pay attention to certain references to get some of the jokes. The characters are fantastic.

My only complaint is that Tariq was written out of the show to move to New York. The episode when he comes to the school to perform for Friends Agains Drug Exposure is by far the best one of Season 1.

Is there any context given for the documentary style? The characters are aware they are being filmed and look directly at the camera, but do we know why?

No, and this is part of why I am tired of that style show. The Office did it well - and that's not replicable. Modern Family - who knows why they were always talking to a camera. I usually thought of it as their inner monologues. Here, it seems like they do it just to do it.

That aside, it's a really good show.

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Anonymous wrote:Abbott Elementary is a very well written and clever show. It does follow the mocudocumentary style of the Office, but that's it. You have to pay attention to certain references to get some of the jokes. The characters are fantastic.

My only complaint is that Tariq was written out of the show to move to New York. The episode when he comes to the school to perform for Friends Agains Drug Exposure is by far the best one of Season 1.

Is there any context given for the documentary style? The characters are aware they are being filmed and look directly at the camera, but do we know why?

Anonymous wrote:Abbott Elementary is a very well written and clever show. It does follow the mocudocumentary style of the Office, but that's it. You have to pay attention to certain references to get some of the jokes. The characters are fantastic.

My only complaint is that Tariq was written out of the show to move to New York. The episode when he comes to the school to perform for Friends Agains Drug Exposure is by far the best one of Season 1.

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Anonymous wrote:I love all of the nominations for Abbott Elementary--such a great show.

Agree about Reese Witherspoon--I think Jennifer Aniston is much better.

I was hoping for a nomination for Millie Bobby Brown.

I finally started watching and love Abbott Elementary. So mad though that it isn't like the other tv shows I can watch on demand. I already pay to much for tv and now I have to pay extra for the shows that I missed.

It’s a cute little sit com that will last a couple of seasons and then be forgotten. I like watching it but the fact is if the cast was white or set in a high poverty white area this show would never ever have made even the hint of nomination. It’s just not that amazing. The acting is ok. It’s standard sitcom acting. Again it’s enjoyable. I like watching if I remember to do so but it’s by no means award winning. 🤷‍♀️

It is, in fact, award-winning. 🤷‍♀️

I mean, it seems very similar to The Office, which ran for what, 9 seasons? And was primarily white, if you want to bring race into it in that way. And that show launched some great careers. This is just as funny and we are still getting to know the characters.

The Office had a pretty diverse cast, actually. I'm surprised you don't know that! The four leads were white (Jim, Pam, Michael Scott, Dwight) but the rest of the cast was a real mix.

It's not that similar to The Office - The Office was much pricklier. I think the main similarity is that they're both single camera shows, done in the mockumentary style (enough of the mockumentary style!), set primarily in a workplace. But the tone is different, the characters are very different, the office setting is very different. I mean at its root, The Office is essentially about finding meaning in the middle of something meaningless - it's set at a paper factory, which is devoid of real purpose, but these weirdo characters find friendship, pathos, love, drama, hilarity, authenticity, and the full range of human experience there. While Abbott Elementary is set at a place with real stakes - but where the environment is designed to make it difficult to fulfill the important purpose. The characters primarily struggle with this contradiction (or not) in their various ways, together and alone. They rise to the occasion, and don't. I would say the main flaw so far of Abbott Elementary is that it's not much about the relationships between the characters yet, so much as the relationships of the characters to the setting - and how they bump up against each other in that.

Anyway, I also think Parks & Rec is different from both those shows, even with its workplace setting and single camera, and mockumentary style.

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Anonymous wrote:I love all of the nominations for Abbott Elementary--such a great show.

Agree about Reese Witherspoon--I think Jennifer Aniston is much better.

I was hoping for a nomination for Millie Bobby Brown.

I finally started watching and love Abbott Elementary. So mad though that it isn't like the other tv shows I can watch on demand. I already pay to much for tv and now I have to pay extra for the shows that I missed.

It’s a cute little sit com that will last a couple of seasons and then be forgotten. I like watching it but the fact is if the cast was white or set in a high poverty white area this show would never ever have made even the hint of nomination. It’s just not that amazing. The acting is ok. It’s standard sitcom acting. Again it’s enjoyable. I like watching if I remember to do so but it’s by no means award winning. 🤷‍♀️

It is, in fact, award-winning. 🤷‍♀️

I mean, it seems very similar to The Office, which ran for what, 9 seasons? And was primarily white, if you want to bring race into it in that way. And that show launched some great careers. This is just as funny and we are still getting to know the characters.

The Office had a pretty diverse cast, actually. I'm surprised you don't know that! The four leads were white (Jim, Pam, Michael Scott, Dwight) but the rest of the cast was a real mix.

It's not that similar to The Office - The Office was much pricklier. I think the main similarity is that they're both single camera shows, done in the mockumentary style (enough of the mockumentary style!), set primarily in a workplace. But the tone is different, the characters are very different, the office setting is very different. I mean at its root, The Office is essentially about finding meaning in the middle of something meaningless - it's set at a paper factory, which is devoid of real purpose, but these weirdo characters find friendship, pathos, love, drama, hilarity, authenticity, and the full range of human experience there. While Abbott Elementary is set at a place with real stakes - but where the environment is designed to make it difficult to fulfill the important purpose. The characters primarily struggle with this contradiction (or not) in their various ways, together and alone. They rise to the occasion, and don't. I would say the main flaw so far of Abbott Elementary is that it's not much about the relationships between the characters yet, so much as the relationships of the characters to the setting - and how they bump up against each other in that.

Anyway, I also think Parks & Rec is different from both those shows, even with its workplace setting and single camera, and mockumentary style.