Larry David Hates When People Call ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Cringe Comedy: “I Want to Wring Their Necks”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/larry-david-hates-curb-your-enthusiasm-cringe-comedy-finale-1235877415/

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  2. I tried to watch this show. Rented the DVDs back when it was a thing. Too much yelling. I think I gave up after two episodes.

  3. But it is. I don’t like cringe comedy like the office and curb.

  4. > Apatow responded with an example of a clip shown earlier in the night, with David putting a water bottle in his pants and then being hugged by young girl, who gets wet and runs off to tell her parents. “I don’t understand how that’s cringeworthy,” retorted David.

    Really Larry? You don’t understand even a little?

  6. Everything about this man makes me uncomfortable and cringy

  7. I just don’t like how the unrealistic reactions to set up the story line. How this season there was an episode where a national news anchor is interviewing Larry but thinks a note that was penned up in a locker room is national news worthy only to push the story along. It needs to be somewhat realistic

  9. I love curb, but calling curb not cringe is pretty cringe

  10. I mean, he’s the master of uncomfortable comedy. I wouldn’t call it cringe as that implies something bad imo. His comedy is just great at making you uncomfortable.

  11. Cringe is a very overused term that really doesn’t have meaning. I feel his pain.

  12. What can ya say Larry, some people are prudes.

    I can understand if people cringe at Impractical Jokers. Some of those punishments are painful watches. But that’s because those things are actually happening.

  15. The “cringe” is a feature, not a bug though lol.

  16. We’re not even 90 days out from Larry David trying to strangle Elmo and he’s out here trying to wring more necks. Clearly the man is a menace.

  17. It’s so funny seeing an article about something you actually saw (I was there last night).

  19. Is there a better word to describe this show? The scenes are so awkward and off-putting that you want to turn your head or turn it off. It’s the most cringe show ever. Just own it.

  20. I find the last few seasons kinda cringy themselves to be honest. Way too self-aware, self-satisfied, formulaic and overproduced. It went from looking like a mockumentary to a polished netflix looking show.

  21. Old man wanting to resort to violence against anyone with different views than his own? Cringe.

  24. We get it Larry, you’re an awkward dude whose completely unaware of societal norms and shame.

    Jason Alexander gives interviews how he realized that Costanza was the author avatar for Larry David, not Jerry. Jason was griping becasue of a situation by saying “No normal person would react this way,” and Larry replying “what do you mean? I did last week”

  29. Larry David does not act out characters, that’s just him on camera 🤣🤣🤣

  31. If I am ever blessed on the opportunity on meeting Larry, I’m gonna tell him I appreciate how he basically paved the road for “cringe comedy” lol

  32. Personally I think it’s the nuance of his comedy. It’s clever and cringe in an eternal way.

    For example, look at old movies (not even that old) like Wedding Crashers. That movie did not age well. It’s very cringe and rapey. But when it came out, it wasn’t necessarily seen that way.

    But back to Curb, it’s cringe in an intentional way that’s different than things that don’t age well.

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