'sitcom' stands for 'situation comedy', I understnad what is meant by 'comedy' but what does 'situation' here mean?
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May I add something to the excellent comments of the other
posters?
I was reading an article this morning about sit-coms when I
remembered your thread.
A famous television sit-com producer was interviewed in
The New Yorker, a very sophisticated American magazine.
Because of copyright laws, I can quote only a few words:
The same characters appear week after week,
displaying the same tics [habits of thought, speech, etc.]
and
having the same arguments, in the same rooms, hallways,
stairwells, and offices.
I think that our most famous sit-com was "I Love Lucy,"
which was filmed in the 1950's. It is still being shown on TV
here in the United States. Just as that producer said, the show's
characters never change or grow. Nevertheless, we find them
funny even though we almost know what they are going to say or
do.
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