Plotz and Goldberg Discuss Seinfeld
by
heyposs
03/10/2008, 5:06 PM #
Here’s an excerpt from a running email conversation Plotz
and Goldberg had during the last season of Seinfeld.
Jeffrery Goldberg and David Plotz were experimenting the internet to
chat about Seinfeld. There is no transcript.
Dear David,
I continue to have a difficult time with the Elaine subplot. I know that
Larry David no longer writes for the series, and you know that I consider the
man a genius, but why isn’t Elaine married?
The current writers need to break free from the improbable world that David
has constructed for us. I’m not suggesting I’m the final authority on all
things pertaining to single women, but I have known a lot of females over the
years. My experience tells me that women get married. And while the occasional
single woman in New York may reject the lure of matrimony, the Melvillian
underpinnings of the show will remain compromised as long as the writers
persist with this unrealistic storyline.
Best,
Jeff
Dear Jeff,
Amazingly, I agree with you 100% when it comes to Elaine. Sometimes I feel
as if the show has been hijacked by people whose agenda is substitute their
life experiences for mine.
But what I really wanted to talk about this week was the mystifying
popularity of two woefully overdrawn characters – namely George Costanza and
Cosmos Kramer. I feel myself cringing whenever they come on screen.
Collectively these two blowhards bring nothing useful to ongoing storylines.
They have long since become hopeless clichés and for the life of me I am
puzzled that fans of the show still welcome their presence.
You know I hate predict what will happen next, but I hope the writers will
allow Jerry and Newman to finally make up and become good friends. With Newman
and Jerry possibly sharing an apartment, the writers will have less need to
include the improbable antics of George and Kramer.
David
