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Taco Break: And Seinfeld Begat Always Sunny

Posted By Tristan "Drunk Napoleon" Nankervis on October 2, 2023 in Features, Short Articles | Leave a response

I absolutely love tracking the genealogy of fiction – I love that you can follow from Rio Bravo to Assault On Precinct 13 to Hot Fuzz, and I loved going from The Sopranos to Dostoevsky. One thing I have come to terms with recently is how many of my favourite artists can actually be seen as having had a very negative effect on the pop culture landscape, to the point that I have sometimes joked that the better an artist, the worse an influence they have on the culture. Quentin Tarantino movies are great; Tarantino-esque movies tend to be bilge. People see a Great work, want to recreate the feeling of shock and awe it gave them (or at least the amount of money it generated), and run into two problems: one, they have not had the sufficient time to fully process the way their new fave works – it is literally too soon. Two, by definition, recreating something from the past will destroy the novelty factor.

This makes me wonder: what are works that have spawned the best imitators? Can you define a work’s Greatness by the quantity and quality of those that come after it? To what extent does the quality of a work’s imitators overcome the quantity of its imitators? I still look askance at movies that claim Tarantino influence. On the other hand, the glut of crappy Seinfeld imitators dropped off decades ago while its positive influence – especially on Solute favourite It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia – feels like the only thing that remains. On the third, mutant hand, the best answer I can think of is the James Bond movies; I don’t particularly care for the original article, but so many things I really like have Bond’s fingerprints all over them, whether through parody, homage, deconstruction, or reconstruction. Bond’s biggest strength is its powerful iconography, which lends itself well to influence.

Posted in Features, Short Articles | Tagged always sunny, Quentin Tarantino, Seinfeld

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