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Six Seasons and a Movie
How Community Broke Television
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Audacious, weird, and icily ironic, Community was a kind of geek alt-comedy portal, packed with science fiction references, in-jokes that quickly metastasized into their own alternate universe, dark conspiracy-tinged humor, and a sharp yet loving deconstructions of the sitcom genre. At the same time, it also turned into a thoughtful and heartfelt rumination on loneliness, identity, and purpose.
The story of Community is the story of the evolution of American comedy. Its creator, Dan Harmon, was an improv comic with a hyperbolically rapid-fire and angrily geeky style. After getting his shot with Community, Harmon poured everything he had into a visionary series about a group of mismatched friends finding solace in their community-college study group.
Six Seasons and a Movie: How Community Broke Television is an episode-by-episode deep-dive that excavates a central cultural artifact: a six-season show that rewrote the rules for TV sitcoms and presaged the self-aware, metafictional sensibility so common now in the streaming universe. Pop culture experts Chris Barsanti, Jeff Massey, and Brian Cogan explore its influences and the long tail left by its creators and stars, including Donald Glover's experiments in music (as rapper Childish Gambino) and TV drama (Atlanta); producers-directors Anthony and Joseph Russo's emergence as pillars of the Marvel universe (Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War); and Harmon's subsequent success with the anarchic sci-fi cartoon Rick and Morty.
Covering everything from the corporate politics that Harmon and his team endured at NBC to the Easter eggs they embedded in countless episodes, Community: The Show that Broke Television is a rich and heartfelt look at a series that broke the mold of TV sitcoms.
The story of Community is the story of the evolution of American comedy. Its creator, Dan Harmon, was an improv comic with a hyperbolically rapid-fire and angrily geeky style. After getting his shot with Community, Harmon poured everything he had into a visionary series about a group of mismatched friends finding solace in their community-college study group.
Six Seasons and a Movie: How Community Broke Television is an episode-by-episode deep-dive that excavates a central cultural artifact: a six-season show that rewrote the rules for TV sitcoms and presaged the self-aware, metafictional sensibility so common now in the streaming universe. Pop culture experts Chris Barsanti, Jeff Massey, and Brian Cogan explore its influences and the long tail left by its creators and stars, including Donald Glover's experiments in music (as rapper Childish Gambino) and TV drama (Atlanta); producers-directors Anthony and Joseph Russo's emergence as pillars of the Marvel universe (Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War); and Harmon's subsequent success with the anarchic sci-fi cartoon Rick and Morty.
Covering everything from the corporate politics that Harmon and his team endured at NBC to the Easter eggs they embedded in countless episodes, Community: The Show that Broke Television is a rich and heartfelt look at a series that broke the mold of TV sitcoms.
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Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- IntroductionâA Note from the Dean: âWhat Is Community (College)?â
- CHAPTER 1 History 101ââWho Indeed?â TV Sitcoms and Critical Analysis
- CHAPTER 2 Composition 101âDan Harmon in the Beforetimes
- CHAPTER 3 Acting 101âThe Cast and Crew before Harmontime
- CHAPTER 4 Community 101âSeason 1: Seven Characters in Search of a Purpose
- CHAPTER 5 Community 102âSeason 2: Blow It Up, Repeat
- CHAPTER 6 Community 103âSeason 3: Physics of the Multiverse
- CHAPTER 7 Community 104âSeason 4: Biology of Zombies
- CHAPTER 8 Community 105âSeason 5: The Science of Syndication
- CHAPTER 9 Community 106âSeason 6: Theories of Closure
- CHAPTER 10 Advanced Acting SeminarâWhat Can You Do with a BA from Greendale? The Castâs Post-Graduate Careers
- CHAPTER 11 Advanced CompositionâIntroduction to Blockbusters: The Writersâ and Directorsâ Post-Graduate Careers
- CHAPTER 12 New Media 201âPodcasting for Accountants and Harmontown
- CHAPTER 13 Game Theory 201/202âAdvanced Introduction to D&D: HarmonQuest
- CHAPTER 14 Library Science 201âIntermediate Wikipedia and Great Minds with Dan Harmon
- CHAPTER 15 Animation and Joke-Telling SeminarâRick and Morty
- Conclusion
- Bibliography