Mike Williams
Screenwriter
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Colin, I never said you said they were good. My posts were addressing a number of people with similar views as yours, who did claim they were basically good people. Naturally, as fictional characters on a tv show, they are caricatures of real people, although George is really not that far off from Larry David.
Jason Alexander went to Larry one day to tell him that the things that happen to George would never happen to someone in real life, and if they did, no one would ever respond to them the way George does. Larry responded by saying, "What are you talking about? That did happen to me . . . and THAT'S how I responded."
They are actually more characters than caricatures (except from Kramer, no doubt), but in their own fictional world, they ARE real people, and it is as real people that they should be judged.
Jason Alexander went to Larry one day to tell him that the things that happen to George would never happen to someone in real life, and if they did, no one would ever respond to them the way George does. Larry responded by saying, "What are you talking about? That did happen to me . . . and THAT'S how I responded."
They are actually more characters than caricatures (except from Kramer, no doubt), but in their own fictional world, they ARE real people, and it is as real people that they should be judged.