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Friends Is Empirically Funny
If you don’t think so, you may have lost your sense of humor.
I keep hearing about the TV show Friends, a sitcom, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004, lasting ten seasons.
The TV show is in the cosmos lately, most likely because its 25th anniversary is this weekend. Friends first aired on September 22, 1994.
It keeps crossing my path via Google ads, Facebook, and recently my daughter asked if she could watch it on Netflix.
Pottery Barn is releasing a new collection inspired by Friends, including accessories, furniture, and tabletop items. And Ralph Lauren has partnered with Warner Bros. to create a curated Wear to Work collection based on the Rachel Green character.
The other day I turned on NPR and caught the tail end of two millennials debating whether or not Friends is funny, whether it holds up in the #MeToo era.
One of the critics flat out said, “There is nothing funny about Friends, it was a stupid show with vapid characters who made fun of trans and overweight people, and that’s not funny.”
Is anything funny in this excessive politically correct era in which we now live?
