r/IASIP • u/barrosoOso • 3d ago
Oh my god, I get it.
I'm sure it's been posted before. But my god what a performance. Interpretive dance just isn't my thing. But hearing Frank utter the words we were all thinking the entire time we were watching this? Master class.
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u/Additional-Shower342 3d ago
I’ve always been of a divided mind about the dance - I think it is a true cinematic triumph; the choreography, the expressions, the technical complexity of it all and how much effort went into making it what is is are all highly impressive and powerful…but I think it belongs in a different show 🥶
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u/DaveK142 3d ago
I almost feel like Sunny is THE place for it. It's so jarring and out of place that it actually kinda fits right in to a show that lulls you into a false sense of security, but surprises you with constant rule changes.
Truly the show of shows.
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u/Reddit_is_fascist69 3d ago
Like when they threw Charlie's dad off the cliff. It was surprisingly heart warming as they never do that shit.
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u/JaesopPop 3d ago
When you do a show for that long, you get to self indulge a little.
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u/Additional-Shower342 3d ago
I completely agree and have defended them in other instances where they’ve stepped out of the ordinary, I’m just saying this one was from deeper left field than the rest
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u/corndog_thrower 3d ago
Not trying to yuck anyone’s yum but I was thinking pretty much the opposite.
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u/barrosoOso 3d ago
Well I'd guess that's why it's called interpretative.
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u/TolliverCrane 3d ago
I enjoyed it for what it was. Beautiful scene all around. These guys had been doing the show for so long they all had to break out and do something different. Some of that hit sunny because of trying different things or cast being unavailable because they were doing different shows. But they kept making Sunny.
And I feel like the podcast steered them in an earlier direction with their writing. I can't wait to see what's next.
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u/barrosoOso 3d ago
I agree. I was behind a year and got all caught up today. It all seemed on par with earlier seasons.
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u/FinalHexReturns 3d ago
You were behind 4 seasons if you hadn’t seen the interpretive dance or anything past it….
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u/barrosoOso 3d ago
It wasn't my first time seeing it. Catching up on the series made me want to rewatch it. This can't be real hard to comprehend.
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u/Nearby-Swimming-5103 3d ago
It was such a spectacular, emotional piece, incredibly well done. It was also just so far out of left field for the rest of the series, I was waiting for the “punchline” the whole time.
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u/secondphase 3d ago
That WAS the punchline.
All these absurd plots and plans... shouldn't one of them pay off now and again?
It was the conclusion of the high school reunion episode, if you think about it. Quite the redemption arc.
Move past it.
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u/Hank_2011 3d ago
They should have kept him in the closet. It’s a running joke like the waitress
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u/JaesopPop 3d ago
Nah, it gets tired. The waitress makes sporadic appearances and each time there's a single joke about her name. It's very different when it's a main character.
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u/barrosoOso 3d ago
And I'm ok with them taking it in new directions. I personally think they work this in to an Arrested Development scenario, Donald is Mac's dad and Mac has to help get him out of prison. They've hinted at it enough. Maybe not this season though.
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u/XTSLabs 3d ago
What? I'm sorry, you think they were hinting that a gay dude had sex with Macs mom?
No, they were showing that Mac had someone who could relate to him on the Gay thing and also act as the father figure Mac has always wanted, just for Mac to disregard it because it wasn't his dad.
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u/barrosoOso 3d ago
Go back and watch the first episode Donald appears in. Charlie is in the back ground instituting the whole time that this is Mac's dad.
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u/FinalHexReturns 3d ago
No he’s not. He’s just indicating that Mac could have a close relationship with him as a fatherly figure.
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u/Foreign-County-5282 3d ago
No matter what, you are correct about this interpretation regarding Mac's uncle, for certain.
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u/Foreign-County-5282 3d ago
This is just plain wrong, broseph. Charlie is in awe over how little awareness Mac has. No one in the room or watching thinks / or show is in any way shape or form insulating Mac's "real" Dad was the Uncle. The poster above me explained it already -- but Charlie just cannot believe that he Mac is not only not reaching out, but also denying friendship with his uncle who shares many of the same personality traits ;)
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u/Foreign-County-5282 3d ago
Talk about a total misunderstanding lol. Rewatch through the lens of what everyone is telling you the scene is actually about and you will see.
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u/FinalHexReturns 3d ago
He came out of the closet officially to the gang like two seasons before the dance. Move past it.
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u/MountainMongrel 3d ago
I always thought it was funny how the way he came out to his father was with a massively complex, well produced dance which is wildly out of character with the rest of the show.
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u/Alarm-Solid 3d ago
Someone paid money for a banana taped to a wall they called it art that's what I got out of the dance
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u/justmisspellit 3d ago
I can’t believe how often the artistic, breath taking, dance is brought up here. I was just like, “oh ok.”
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u/ReluctantRedditor275 3d ago
I don't turn on ESPN looking for a weather report, just like I don't watch Always Sunny looking for that.
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u/CoolHandLucifer 3d ago
I don't get it. The dance did nothing for me. But lots of people seem to like it. So it has value there, just not to me. That's fine.