Comments on: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 10 and 11 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/12/05/sayonara-zetsubou-sensei-10-and-11/ Get decultured Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:41:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: 0rion http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/12/05/sayonara-zetsubou-sensei-10-and-11/#comment-33584 0rion Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:44:46 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/12/05/sayonara-zetsubou-sensei-10-and-11/#comment-33584 Interesting dissection of the humor involved. That's one of the major shortcomings of many comedy series - they eventually run out of good material and start rehashing tired old jokes. Potemayo is a rare example from this year of a show that managed to play the same themes over and over but keep the execution fresh and entertaining, perhaps all the more laudable because it was almost entirely physical comedy and cheap laughs. Fortunately, SZS has enough strength in the sheer wackiness of the story and the cast that even during a slow spell like this it's plenty entertaining. :) Interesting dissection of the humor involved. That’s one of the major shortcomings of many comedy series - they eventually run out of good material and start rehashing tired old jokes.

Potemayo is a rare example from this year of a show that managed to play the same themes over and over but keep the execution fresh and entertaining, perhaps all the more laudable because it was almost entirely physical comedy and cheap laughs.

Fortunately, SZS has enough strength in the sheer wackiness of the story and the cast that even during a slow spell like this it’s plenty entertaining. :)

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