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SharkToast Since: Mar, 2013
#1: Oct 13th 2019 at 6:06:35 PM

So this is a follow-up to a thread I made about playing sitcom tropes for horror. I had planned to write a short story about a world that runs on sitcom conventions and cliches, specifically Comedic Sociopathy, and how scary that kind of world would be. I soon realized that this premise has more potential than I originally thought and I'm thinking of expanding on the story and fleshing things out to be a deconstruction of the sitcom genre.

I want this sitcom world to be a hybrid of as many sitcom genres and types I can, like KidComs, adult animated sitcoms, DomComs, and so on. The big thing I want to do now is to develop my cast so that my characters represent common sitcom archetypes. I'm wondering what are some sitcom archetypes I should include? I might make some of my cast expies of characters from other sitcoms, though I want these characters to deconstruct general trends in sitcoms, instead of just a single character.

Edited by SharkToast on Oct 13th 2019 at 6:10:13 AM

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#2: Oct 14th 2019 at 8:41:54 PM

Hmm, depends on what sort of sitcom it is.

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SharkToast Since: Mar, 2013
#3: Oct 15th 2019 at 9:09:32 AM

Well, I'm trying to incorporate elements from as many sitcom subgenres as I can. For sure, it will be part Kid Com, part Dom Com, and part adult animated sitcom.

RustBeard Since: Sep, 2016
#4: Oct 15th 2019 at 4:45:21 PM

You could include some bumbling parents. That's always a sitcom staple and it's easy to play their neglect and cluelessness for horror.

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#5: Oct 15th 2019 at 6:25:18 PM

You could play typical antagonist characters like the Alpha Bitch, Jerk Jock, Mean Boss, and/or Sadistic Teacher as being actual sociopaths.

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#6: Oct 17th 2019 at 9:45:05 PM

1:1 copy of Ross.

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
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#7: Oct 17th 2019 at 10:36:20 PM
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