{"id":520,"date":"2012-03-20T22:19:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T02:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/yankswatchingtelly\/?p=520"},"modified":"2012-03-20T22:19:23","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T02:19:23","slug":"refreshing-normality-in-him-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/yankswatchingtelly\/?p=520","title":{"rendered":"Refreshing normality in Him & Her"},"content":{"rendered":"

After viewing the episode of Him & Her<\/em>, I went back and reread the description of the program: “Intimate, anti-romantic comedy about real-life love in its lazy, messy, everyday glory.”<\/p>\n

I applaud the creator of Him & Her<\/em> for exploring a realm of relationships that few programs dare to delve into. According to the description, I would agree that the show is “intimate,” “real-life” and certainly “messy.” However, the real word that sticks out to me is “glory.” Him & Her<\/em> successfully pinpoints the glory<\/em> behind successful relationships, free of the falsities and superfluous characteristics so often seen on television. I am quite impressed that the creator has managed to pull off a show that actually glorifies the mundane. Personally, I found the amount of inactivity to be weirdly refreshing.<\/p>\n

There is something so intruiging about watching two people act so completely normal. The idea that TV offers viewers a sense of escapism constantly seems to pop up, but Him & Her<\/em> seems to do just the opposite, it actually keeps viewers in check with their own surroundings. Within this environment, people loose their keys, endure the pesky neighbor upstairs and are nice to their siblings out of necessity. There are spontaneous pillow fights, moments of uncanny intimacy and awkward silences. This is where the glory lies.<\/p>\n

Him & Her\u00a0<\/em>essentially epitomizes the “relatable” program. There is nothing special about either character other than the fact that they have found true love. There is no drawn-out, ambitious, lofty love story that ends with fairy dust and rainbows. Instead, there are two people who would rather stay inside with one another than do anything else. As if the show couldn’t get any more real, the element of the plot unfolding in real time enhances the program. There is no time for scripted nonsense that characters would never actually<\/em> say. All of the conversations and reactions are meant to come across as unadulterated and off the cuff.<\/p>\n

Him & Her<\/em> will certainly not appeal to everyone. In fact, I probably won’t indulge in any more episodes on my own. Mostly, I appreciate the fact that this type of program has found a home on British television. I don’t think I have ever seen anything quite like it.<\/p>\n

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