TV Review: ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Season 4, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm |
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As many of the episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as I have seen, and as many of them as I have reviewed for this site, I have always enjoyed them with bated breath. They are generally pretty funny in their own right but I can't help that little whispering voice in the back of my head warning me that the other shoe is bound to drop. For a show with no real direction that can be described as controlled chaos at best, I have complained in previous reviews that the show was beginning to rely too much on a shock and awe approach rather than creating their own mythology that could carry the show through weaker episodes. I went back and watched a handful of old episodes on DVD before I previewed the first two episodes of season four: Mac & Dennis: Manhunters' and The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis'. What I found out was that in their avoidance of being stuck with a label, they have created that mythology by default. They have taken Seinfeld's mantra -- [ Full article ] |
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