Whilst certainly not the worst thing ever, Community 's fourth season was far more controversial with fans than even Arrested Development 's and it simply feels like an entirely different, and considerably worse, show. Arrested Development on the other hand, whilst certainly somewhat contentious with fans' expectations in the Netflix seasons, has the same great level of writing and acting throughout. Each and every season can be deep-dived into with a mountain of hidden treasures to find in every episode.
The precision that creator Dan Harmon insisted on with the show's character developments and humor would ultimately lead to its initial downfall but the results spoke so strongly that it's one of the biggest reasons why the show keeps coming back from the dead. Jeff Winger is such a meticulously composed character, as evidenced by his trademark speeches and locked safe of cosmetics products, not to mention the to-the-millisecond accuracy of punchline delivery from the whole cast thanks to their performances as well as the show's writing and editing.
Arrested Development is a show that fans don't tend to aggressively argue as the greatest comedy series ever because so much of what makes it so isn't easy to put into words. It's just kind of self-evident. The laidback quality to the characters and events allows for far vaguer themes to play out over the course of a season or several. The recurring and multi-faceted theme of the ostrich in the show's fourth season is a good example of this.
Not that the audience doesn't feel for the characters of Arrested Development but it's always purely a comedy. Elements of drama and suspense are used in an always tongue-in-cheek way that's ultimately building to a punchline. This isn't a flaw of the show but Community 's adherence to a more conventional sitcom structure allows it to have moments that simply end on a bittersweet, melancholic, or just purely sad note and this provides a different and, at the very least, equally powerful kind of catharsis.
Music is often a strong aspect to Community but it can't really compare to composer David Schwartz's achievements with Arrested Development. No, how many times have you laughed hard and often? Unfortunately, at the retirement party for George. Bluth Sr. Jeffrey Tambor , we find out that he's cheated investors and is headed for jail. This is bad news to son Michael Jason Bateman , about the only sane one in the family and the expected heir to the reins of the company, who's now living in the attic of a model home with his year-old son George Michael.
Before going any further, it should be noted that Bateman is stunningly great in this series -- pitch-perfect throughout. His normalcy and just-below- the-surface anger make the rest of the eclectically hilarious Bluths ever more funny. Just as Michael is hoping to control the company, his father gives the power to wife Lucille Jessica Walter , a coldhearted socialite who, along with the rest of the family, has been using the company credit card at will.
Furious, Michael wants to leave. He loathes this dysfunctional assemblage of clowns. And this slap is the last insult.
But they need him. And it's not too hard to see why: Sister Lindsay Portia De Rossi is a spendaholic rebel who married a geeky therapist, the sexually nebulous Tobias David Cross. Michael's the only person who can save the Bluth business. With Dad in jail -- and loving it -- he sets out to save the company and the family but finds their incompetence nearly insurmountable. There will be inevitable comparisons to "The Royal Tenenbaums," and they won't be entirely inaccurate -- there's a subtleness and irony that fuels the comedy of both.
Better to be compared to "The Royal Tenenbaums" than, say, "Dumb and Dumber," which most of the current comedies could be connected to in less than four degrees. Smart people are behind it. The question will be -- how about the rest of the country? There's a reason so many of Fox's most daringly original series are now canceled gems. Quirky is great, but broad is what sustains comedy on American television in 90 percent of the cases.
Where "Arrested Development" mines its hilarity is in a faux documentary style. N ow the story of an eccentric cult sitcom that became the most influential American comedy of the Noughties after it was cancelled, and the one streaming service who had no choice but to bring it back.
Arrested Development returned in , resurrected by Netflix in a move met with huge excitement by fans of the series that centres on a family so haywire, they make The Simpsons look blissfully sedate. Eight years and just 31 episodes later, however, the streaming giant looks set to cancel it again. The streaming giant declined to make previews of the new episodes available to UK journalists. Why is one of the most important comedies of the century so far about to bow out with barely a mention?
Arrested Development first arrived on screens in Developed by writer Mitch Hurwitz from an idea by Ron Howard who went on to narrate, produce and guest star in the show , it told the story of the Bluths: a dysfunctional band of narcissists and "never nudes" trying to keep their corrupt family business alive in the Californian real estate market.
Likeable characters? Who needs those when you can have schemers, sleazes, liars, failed magicians and drunks instead? Fox cancelled the show in , but word of mouth continued to spread. The show blossomed into a DVD box set sales success with a giant internationally worldwide including in the UK, leading to the BBC syndicating the show in Two years later, when season four dropped on the streaming service in one go, fans this writer included took days off to binge it in one go.
Stories circulated of Bluth-themed viewing parties, complete with frozen bananas, ice cream sandwiches and boxes of wine. The Guardian even ran a live blog to celebrate its release in real time.
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