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Quangtran, convince me. How are these two shows similar in style? Sure, they are both ostensibly "mockumentaries" but to draw any further stylistic similarities is simplification beyond belief. Through most of its run, there are maybe one or two instances where the cameras in Arrested Development are acknowledged (the…

As an AD fan, I was taking offense to people comparing this show to Arrested Development. I don't think I can be any clearer about that. I don't care if people like this show. Just don't compare it to something good.

I'm not talking about similarity in content. I was using content as an illustration of style, and my complaint is that people don't seem to understand the style of Arrested Development. Instead, ALL they see is similarity in content. "Oh these are both shows about dysfunctional families." "Oh this is a single camera…

Please
stop comparing this show to Arrested Development. It's insulting. AD worked so hard to (and did) create original characters so well-drawn that, if they wanted, their dialogue could write itself. But they went the next step and scripted the most amazingly textured dialogue in the history of television.