{"id":33900,"date":"2013-05-03T17:00:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/?p=33900"},"modified":"2013-05-03T10:35:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T16:35:25","slug":"elsewhere-regarding-the-brilliance-of-parks-and-recreation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/2013\/05\/elsewhere-regarding-the-brilliance-of-parks-and-recreation\/","title":{"rendered":"ELSEWHERE: Regarding The Brilliance of &#8220;Parks and Recreation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><em>Parks and Recreation<\/em> has recently replaced <em>Community<\/em> \u2014 which, let\u2019s be honest, has had a <strong>very<\/strong> disappointing fourth season \u2014 as my favorite TV comedy, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2013\/05\/seitz-on-parks-and-recreations-season-five.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matt Zoller Seitz does a good job of explaining why<\/a>. Basically, it all comes down to the fact that \u201c[no] current sitcom does a better job of making simple decency seem integral to the fullest enjoyment of life.\u201d Also, it features\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5BBhNkywMJY\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">an epic filibuster by\u00a0Patton Oswalt<\/a> regarding the plot of\u00a0<em>Star Wars: Episode VII<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parks and Recreation has recently replaced Community \u2014 which, let\u2019s be honest, has had a very disappointing fourth season \u2014 as my favorite TV comedy, and\u00a0Matt Zoller Seitz does a good job of explaining why. 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