Another Seinfeld post
By blog on May. 13, 2009.
I know I have done a few of these lately, but I am still re-watching the complete series as I bought the box set not too long back. When you have the chance to look over the entire series in a matter of weeks, a few aspects of the show really pop out at you. I have noticed, over the years of the show, that the characters have slowly become written in a different way, and in most cases, they are less likable than in the early days.
Jerry hasn’t really changed that much. He might be a little more callous than he was originally, but by and large, his character remains the same. The straight man for the rest to play off in different ways. Jerry is still an okay guy, if neurotic in his ability to find flaws with the women he dates.
Kramer has some dramatic changes from his original self. In the first few episodes it had been commented on that Kramer hadn’t left the building in the past five years, and yet in no time at all, Kramer is out and about and is known by everyone in the neighbourhood.
Elaine goes from being quite a nice person to being a very mean and stingy person. She is hostile, aggressive, and far less likable than the Elaine of the first few series. There is also a level of inconstancy in the writing of Elaine’s intelligence and ability. In one episode she gets an IQ of 151, in another, she says ’stuperstition’…
George undergoes major changed throughout the show. In the beginning, George is a confident real estate agent, sure he doesn’t feel lucky with women, but he is so very unlike the neurotic, nigh-on sociopathic George of the later seasons. He becomes such a jerk, his antics move from the humorously ridiculous do the discomfortingly wrong.
The show as a whole changes too. After Larry David left at the end of Season 7, Season 8 started up and no more did we see Jerry doing a stand-up routine at the beginning of the show. I miss that, it was a good way to get into the episode. The characters undergo their most unlikable changes in this season too. Also, for the first time, there are story arcs in Seinfeld, with the exception being George’s engagement to Susan, the same story line pops up in Season 8 and in many cases the show suffers for it.
Whilst I do still enjoy the show, it is not as good as it was in earlier seasons. But I will watch right through to the end anyway.
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