Once again, I'm reminded how hard it is to write a "comedy" that is actually funny and makes me smile and laugh (in the way that 2006-2009's Pulling, by Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly, did).
I haven't studied the statistics of this, but it seems to me that comedies that really work are those written by a pair of writers; I'm not convinced that a single writer is ever sufficiently self disciplined to throw away parts of what they've written. So here, Caroline Moran (sister of Caitlin Moran), is listed as the sole writer and clearly isn't tough enough on her own writing. Simply creating a situation in which comedy could emerge, is not enough for that comedy to emerge, automatically, and without major ruthlessness with the script.
There's a lot of rapid fire, in your face, stuff here, which has the effect of inducing numbness. Compare that with the subtlety of Pulling (2006-2009), to the episode in which Louise (played by Rebekah Staton) proudly announces that she has invented a lolly inspired by a certain part of the male anatomy. So, dear writer, less is so often very much more, when it comes to comedic writing. [EDIT: this paragraph rewritten to remove an asterisked four letter word.]
I haven't studied the statistics of this, but it seems to me that comedies that really work are those written by a pair of writers; I'm not convinced that a single writer is ever sufficiently self disciplined to throw away parts of what they've written. So here, Caroline Moran (sister of Caitlin Moran), is listed as the sole writer and clearly isn't tough enough on her own writing. Simply creating a situation in which comedy could emerge, is not enough for that comedy to emerge, automatically, and without major ruthlessness with the script.
There's a lot of rapid fire, in your face, stuff here, which has the effect of inducing numbness. Compare that with the subtlety of Pulling (2006-2009), to the episode in which Louise (played by Rebekah Staton) proudly announces that she has invented a lolly inspired by a certain part of the male anatomy. So, dear writer, less is so often very much more, when it comes to comedic writing. [EDIT: this paragraph rewritten to remove an asterisked four letter word.]