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Larry’s One True Love
In the choppy ocean of Larry David’s life on Curb, the water’s calm when he’s with Jerry Seinfeld.
But Jerry visits Larry in his cell and reveals that he saw one of the jurors at a Mexican restaurant the night before, and the two riff on the idea of sequestering, ping-ponging back and forth like an old comedy duo: It reminded me of the romantic ending of 1982’s An Officer and a Gentleman, when Richard Gere carries Debra Winger out of her workplace (or, more truthfully, the time The Simpsons parodied that scene), but in a completely unsentimental, Larry Davidian way. Most of Larry’s relationships are built on conflict, and part of what gave Curb its longevity is that even his friends project their anxieties onto him in ways that generate narrative tension.
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