Just curious. Tried to show it to some of my friends and they missed a lot of the humor.. I guess either didn't understand a lot of the slang or whatever. My girlfriend and I are both American and instantly loved it though.
shareI'm checking it out today because I received an email from a friend who just started watching it and likes it...he is a middle aged man from the states. ?.so ill let you know after a couple of eps what I think too...
shareI really do enjoy the show but sometimes I have to rewind it to hear something again because of the thick dialect and slang. I was watching an episode recently as I was close to falling asleep and began to not be able to understand the characters at all, it was like listening to foreign language.
It takes me a bit to become 'acclimated' to the accents and such and I constantly miss humorous lines but I don't mind that. It's an enjoyable show.
ME ME ME LOVE IT
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I finished the first season of Fresh Meat this week. It's funny--not laugh out loud Peep Show funny, but still funny. It's also better than 90% of American television. Ill be starting season two tonight.
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shareI'm American and I loved it, came to the message boards because I wanted to know if they will follow-up with a movie or Christmas special.
To give some context, I am 32 and have always been a fan of some foreign comedy movies but British TV comedy series, while I would never say is any better/worse than the average American series, generally didn't do it for me when I was younger. I thought the UK Office was good, but I didn't understand why it was so huge, same with Extras. Ironically, what turned me was The Inbetweeners, I don't know why it's not the type of show I'd usually fall in love with but I felt like even as an American it captured high school so perfectly and the little cultural differences made it more fun, and ever since then I've been watching British comedies like Fresh Meat, Peep Show, Cuckoo, a bunch more but it's late. I feel like British TV comedies, while still full of exaggeration, just capture the comedy of every day life so much better than their American counterparts (with exceptions like Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, etc.)
Anyway, there's a point to all this, which is I don't believe this is a coincidence or because my tastes have matured - I believe that as time goes on our humor and culture has become more similar (or we're at least more exposed to it if we want to be) so while there is still a difference, it's not as big as it once was.
Agree, disagree?
I just started watching after finishing Peep Show again and looking for some more British comedy to watch. Definitely a good show.
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