Or: maybe that turns you on, Seinfeld maybe that's how y'get your kicks. This is about that kid's right to read a book without getting his mind warped! If you think this is about overdue fines and missing books, you'd better think again. Sure, we're too old to change the world, but what about that kid, sitting down, opening a book, right now, in a branch at the local library and finding drawings of pee-pees and wee-wees on the Cat in the Hat and the Five Chinese Brothers? Doesn't HE deserve better? ☝️ Look. Maybe we can live without libraries, people like you and me. What's this guy making such a big stink about old library books? ☝️ Well, let me give you a hint, junior. I've seen your type before:įlashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Y'know that little stamp, that one that says "New York Public Library"? Well that may not mean anything to you, but that means a lot to me. You think because you're a celebrity that somehow the law doesn't apply to you, that you're above the law?īOOKMAN: ☝️ Well, let me tell you something, funny boy. once I remembered your name-from my list. I remember it very specifically.īOOKMAN: You're a comedian, you make people laugh.īOOKMAN: You think this is all a big joke, don't you?īOOKMAN: ☝️ I saw you on T.V. ☝️ But you put on a pair of shoes when you walk into the New York Public Library, fella! It felt like a betrayal to the core of Seinfeld: casually evil characters getting away with casually evil actions. The Finale, because the characters didnt get away with their shenanigans like they usually do. I don't judge a man by the length of his hair or the kind of music he listens to. Last season, every episode was still great, this one just never hit the standard. Hippies burning library cards, Abby Hoffman telling everybody to steal books. This wall o' text is a bit dramatic maybe, but it's roughly my opinion on it all.BOOKMAN: Yeah, '71. I think you can tie that to the finale, or at least the culture that supported an ending like the finale. I think it paves the way for shows like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, where things always get worse and the moral message isn't a factor. Was that really earned? Or was it just what was expected of an ending of a beloved show? I think it can be compared to the ending of Cheers, where everyone pretty much ends up happy. It shows where the culture had progressed to - people, and more importantly networks, were ready to go all the way with the show they had created and not cop out with some feel-good ending. So we have the ending that we have, which committed to the tone of the show and of the culture at the tail end of the 90s. Do Jerry and Elaine need to get together and move to Jersey? Not really, there's nothing in the preceding 9 seasons that would show they should go that direction. But not all of its episodes - or even seasons - were created equally. There’s a reason Netflix paid about half a billion dollars for the rights to stream the classic comedy. In the words of guest-star Teri Hatcher, they were real and they were spectacular. I think the knee-jerk hate reaction to the finale is based on the fact that we want the characters in our favorite shows to have a "happily ever after" ending, even if it really isn't earned. For a show about nothing, Seinfeld somehow lasted nine seasons. So what do they deserve, really? They deserve to be punished. Played by Kathy Griffin and appearing in The Doll and The Cartoon, Sally. That's not a reflection on the quality of the show, just the characters. If youre a Seinfeld fan, then this is probably one unlikeable character that you will never forget. So what was the ending, really? It was a demonstration that yes, this show is amazing to watch, and yes it's hilarious - but if you actually sit back and add everything horrible that these characters have done to each other and everyone that they've come in contact with up, they're pretty terrible people.
Seinfeld reflects that tone in a lot of ways - no hugging, no learning. Here we are, leaving the 90s, probably one of the most cynical points in history as far as overall culture goes. I've always thought that the ending of The Finale of Seinfeld was roughly an expression of the zeitgeist at that point in time. From left to right: Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes, Jerry Seinfeld as. Alright, this is a bit "out there", so strap in.
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