Last night, Seinfeld viewed possibly their greatest episode ever. This episode featured, Jerry, Keith Hernandez, Kramer and Newman. The episode begins with Kramer and Newman expressing their hate for Keith because they thought he spit on them after a baseball game. After Keith gets the chance to explain he could not have spit on Kramer and make it do a U-turn to hit Newman, they forgive him. The part of this episode which was also in our reading was the relationship between Jerry and Keith.
The readings last week dealt with queerness and grabbed my attention immediately when Seinfeld was mentioned. I will admit to laughing at Jerry's ability to over analyze the situation. The show does indirectly make fun of the homosexual audience. Jerry tries to make it sound like when they go out its like a date but takes an adamant stand to not being gay. The situation could easily be replaced with a well known actress but instead, they use a male baseball player. I never noticed how much Seinfeld mentions little situations which they shoot down or poke fun at homosexuality. This was an obvious situation but there are punch lines now that I notice when I was the shows and they can be interpreted as insulting to a particular crowd.
I truly love the show for how it is able to analyze everyday situations. Now though, I realize how certain people could be offended with the way they portray women and gays. The problem is that Seinfeld is no longer around to make any changes in their show and these episodes will be around for a very long time.
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