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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (6108)	5/5/2003 6:14:36 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 7720

There is a strange undercurrent in Seinfeld though, exemplified in the occasional comment "We're trying to have a civilization around here", and in the continual review of points of etiquette. It may seem trivial to discuss the rules of making a phone call inquiring about someone's health, but actually, it is the sort of concern of which ordinary life consists: what is proper behavior in small contexts. In that way, the show is not quite cynical. It mixes cynical detachment and anxiety over making a faux pas. It yearns for a world which is fulfilling, and deals with its disappointment by making fun......