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That’s after we began to inform those that this was going to be the ultimate season, as a result of redoing the “Seinfeld” finale solely works if it’s the “Curb” finale. So the comedy of the story compelled the ending.
ESSMAN So while you began engaged on Season 12, you weren’t conscious that it was going to be the ultimate season?
SCHAFFER He was speaking about that it was going to be, however I wasn’t certain I believed that. I imply, each season, we’re writing collectively, he’s checked out me: “Maybe we’ll solely do eight [episodes] this 12 months!” That was the conventional cosmic wave background of Larry realizing that writing is difficult. None of that basically registered. But after we did this, that is planting the flag for the suitable motive, a comedy motive.
Then we went again — simply to reply your query, which I not often do; I’m sorry — we went again and began seeding issues in regards to the finale, about “Seinfeld,” I feel not realizing that when we mentioned the phrase “trial,” everybody was going there anyway. And that was OK. It was OK for folks to go, like, “They’re actually doing this!” It was like watching any scene of the present: Oh my God, I can’t imagine he’s doing this. He’s going to speak to the homosexual guys about whose semen it’s. Oh my God, he’s going to speak in regards to the suicide. Oh my God, oh my God. Same factor, simply writ giant for the season. I like that we acquired folks all the best way to the sting.
One factor Larry has talked about, as his comedy philosophy, is taking one thing huge, like loss of life, and treating it like a minor factor, and blowing one thing small means out of proportion. Is {that a} philosophy you could see others getting connected to?
ESSMAN I’d not suggest that folks use Larry as a task mannequin.
SCHAFFER Larry all the time says that it’s extra enjoyable to play Larry David than it’s to be Larry David. Because if the actual Larry David did what the TV Larry David does, the actual Larry David can be in jail and have a damaged jaw from getting punched repeatedly within the face. That’s why he does the present.
