reuben .ᐟ

i saw this tweet and maybe its the autism (definitely) but i always found this so curious.

I remember someone on twt once saying “it wasnt too deep” when i was talking about ross and rachel’s relationship issues because, and i quote, “its just a sitcom” or someone talking about media like it’s always sunny or succession not being worth a critical conversation. i don’t wanna act like sitcoms always uphold some sort of moral standard and actively engage in ethical discussions because sometimes some episodes can be boiled down to idiotic cocomelon-ic fun but idk!

‪perceiving sitcoms as a lesser medium than “cinema or high budget tv” is so interesting to me because sitcoms are just as much filled with artistic decisions as the latter but seen as unworthy for being less heavy handed on the way they approach it‬.

the idea that theres a piece of media unfit for critical analysis purposes simply because they use comedic tones to convey a message is so disheartening and, sure, i think theres a lot of fault to be given to modern tv being more for entertainment than art, overconsumption etc but overall there’s a very classist undertone to perceiving any type of media as less artistic.