So here’s a random consumer, you, that wants all fictional media of the type to be homogeneous on the exact content-related qualities that make him prefer one example of such media to the other.
That seems like you’re reading too much into the criticism. Currently, TV shows in the US rely almost exclusively on awkwardness and stupidity based humor. Advocating for alternatives isn’t the same thing as advocating that all humor be some other kind.
But there are alternatives. He has just pointed out one. Failing that, he could of course try his hand to produce media tailored to his own tastes (easier said than done, I know, I know). But what I observe is that the OP has taken this one show and complained about some feature of it… as though it were a bug. I see no reason to believe, with equal probability, he wouldn’t do the same to any other show in the genre.
But I haven’t even watched the show! I’m not motivated to argue because I have something to defend (other than a preference for neat arguments). The point was that it just seemed too nitpicky to single out one example of media for not having enough of something you like, unless you could generalize that criticism to the whole genre, in which case there remains no alternative for people who have different preferences. And that’s just not economically reasonable.
You look at the whole market, understand that your kind not being catered to is a problem of the market as a whole and not of individual works that do cater to other market segments (or of the entire collection of such individual works), and find other not-A-fans and see whether there are more people among them who are interested in / good at producing stuff you like.
That seems like you’re reading too much into the criticism. Currently, TV shows in the US rely almost exclusively on awkwardness and stupidity based humor. Advocating for alternatives isn’t the same thing as advocating that all humor be some other kind.
But there are alternatives. He has just pointed out one. Failing that, he could of course try his hand to produce media tailored to his own tastes (easier said than done, I know, I know). But what I observe is that the OP has taken this one show and complained about some feature of it… as though it were a bug. I see no reason to believe, with equal probability, he wouldn’t do the same to any other show in the genre.
People are allowed to complain about things that you like, you know.
But I haven’t even watched the show! I’m not motivated to argue because I have something to defend (other than a preference for neat arguments). The point was that it just seemed too nitpicky to single out one example of media for not having enough of something you like, unless you could generalize that criticism to the whole genre, in which case there remains no alternative for people who have different preferences. And that’s just not economically reasonable.
Wait, so what’s the right way to complain about something, then?
Edit: specifically, if you think that there are too many shows of type A, and not enough of type not-A.
You look at the whole market, understand that your kind not being catered to is a problem of the market as a whole and not of individual works that do cater to other market segments (or of the entire collection of such individual works), and find other not-A-fans and see whether there are more people among them who are interested in / good at producing stuff you like.
Thank you Kindly :D
As a brony, I’d definitely appreciate more shows that base their humour on characters taking their virtues too far, or in the wrong direction.