On the whole,Seinfeldhas aged better than most 90s sitcoms.
It had a delightfully dark sense of humor that continues to influence TV comedies to this day.
The Contest will always be relevant, because people will always treat their body like an amusement park.
The Chinese Restaurant will always be relevant, because people will always struggle to get a table.
The Parking Garage will always be relevant, because people will always forget where they parked.
But, as with any 30-year-old sitcom, there are a fewSeinfeldepisodes that havent aged well.
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TheseSeinfeldepisodes dont hold up today.
ButThe Merv Griffin Showwent off the air in 1986, so the reference is lost on audiences today.
Plus, the B-story of Jerry drugging his girlfriend to play with her toys has a really uncomfortable subtext.
Jerry and George are caught ogling Russells daughters cleavage.
as if its an ironclad defense.
But that misses the point that hes still otherizing and fetishizing Chinese people.
She suggests changing it to O.J., but that name would also be associated with murder seven months later.
As he tries to force her to touch him, this storyline has some ominous overtones.
But thats not the only thing in The Wizard that aged poorly.
but it also delivered one of the most backwards episodes about homosexuality in season 6.
In The Beard, Elaine falls in love with a gay man and attempts to convert him to heterosexuality.
The episode sees Kramer and Newman planning competing New Years Eve parties for Y2K.
These days, its hard to imagine what a big deal the turn of the millennium was.
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