Comments on: Arrested Development Is The Brothers Karamazov

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:58:23 +0000

Funny, Jason Bateman has already said to expect a “more pathetic Michael” in the fourth season. There has also been a sneak peak of season four that involved GOB being crucified, as well as rumors of George Sr. getting killed off.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:16:56 +0000

amazing article loved reading it

By: Power Hour

Power Hour — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:57:16 +0000

I doubt the similarities here are conscious. Hurwitz simply managed to capture characters and relationships that have a fascinating and hilarious dynamic together just as the original author did. The plots and characters of the classic Greek theater genres have been replicated thousands of times in modern film and this no news. Ever notice that Star Wars and Harry Potter have striking similarities? It’s because they follow the same Greek epic plot. All comedies tend to end with a back-handed happy ending, scary movies always end negatively, and the protagonist always prevails in action movies. Now, all those movies aren’t necessarily copying the Greek classics, but they know what works which is why they end up in the same place. Its parallel evolution.

Having said that, I could be completely wrong. Regardless, it still seems that Hurwitz deserves praise for coming to the similarly brilliant conclusions as Dostoevsky. I’d love to hear it from his own mouth whether the similarity is intentional.

By: It’s… A Russian Development | The Jesuit Post

It’s… A Russian Development | The Jesuit Post — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:37:15 +0000

[...] her blog over at First Things… or actually because of one particular blog post where she masterfully compared Arrested Development to the Russian novel to end all Russian novels - The Brothers Karamazov… O. M. [...]

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:55:04 +0000

This is the greatest article in the history of articles.

By: Quid plura? | “With a wintry, storm-blown sigh…”

Quid plura? | “With a wintry, storm-blown sigh…” — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:49:49 +0000

[...] Is the TV show Arrested Development actually The Brothers Karamazov? [...]

By: Roger

Roger — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:40:50 +0000

‘Once you realize that Annyong is Smerdyakov, everything else falls into place’ is a truly great line.

By: PB

PB — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:26:03 +0000

Haha! I just finished reading TBK last night, and spent the day hopping around in imitation of the various Bluth chicken-dances… finding this post was very timely!! It’s fantastic :D

Although I too am curious to know — what of Lindsay? And think perhaps Grushenka is quite like Kitty, too, pre-reformation.

Great stuff!

By: Dannyv

Dannyv — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:53:15 +0000

Excellent. Supposedly, Netflix is going to be producing a fourth season of Arrested Development so maybe we’ll be able to find out if the comparison holdsq up.

By: brinsonian

brinsonian — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:45:25 +0000

Not quite as high-minded, but there is also a lot of good talk about the Bluths vs. the Corleones.

Does this make AD some sort of ur-tale for understanding “family” in the last 140 years? Yes. Yes, it does.