2/10/2024 0 Comments Hitler gay pride gifSo instead of trying to gain a larger audience, he works to make the existing audience a happy, hard-core one, the kind that will give him a Mitch Hurwitz-like legacy when “Community” is eventually cancelled. Follow Harmon on Twitter and you’ll see that he’s essentially resigned the show to low ratings, and while his attitude is sometimes that of a defeated showrunner, it must also liberating to know that, there’s nothing he can do to really improve the ratings of “Community” at this point. That’s why - even when an episode doesn’t completely take succeed - “Community” should be admired for cojones, for not currying favor with the “Two and a Half Men” masses, and for consistently respecting its audience, meager though it may be. After all, who makes a Skulls homage on a primetime network TV Show? It may be the most esoteric show on television, and certainly on network TV, and its consumption is not designed for pop-culture amateurs. That’s not in any way disparaging: It’s an irrefutable fact. When you consider why “Community” is so consistently low-rated, an episode like last night’s puts it all into perspective: It’s a wacky show.
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