I’ve been browsing my RSS feeds for fan reactions to The Return of Jezebel James. Lots of non-fans hated the show—because they hated the actresses, or they hated the laugh track, or they hated the writing. What it boiled down to, I think, is that non-fans just don’t get it, which makes sense, because they’re non-fans. One woman was even majorly offended that Sarah is infertile, because infertility is not funny, and therefore it’s an inappropriate subject for a comedy—just as it was inappropriate for Hawkeye to make jokes about bombs blowing up people, or for Roseanne to make fun of poor, dysfunctional families. (Uh, that last part was my commentary, not hers.)
But there are so far a number of fans who enjoyed the premier and said so. Here’s the first batch of links to bloggers who had interesting things to say about the premier of The Return of Jezebel James. Click to continue »
