Best quotes by Rob Sheffield on American

Checkout quotes by Rob Sheffield on American

• ‟ 'Buncha Losers' comedy is one of those homegrown American art forms, up there with infomercials and Elvis-shaped soap carvings. No other civilization could have invented it. The French took a stab with Sartre's 'No Exit,' but then they had to ruin it with a lesson at the end.

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• ‟ 'American Horror' is the debasement of the suburban family, the way a lonely kid would have imagined it in the Seventies.

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• ‟ Every American wants a clean slate, but nobody wants to lose what they've got.

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• ‟ Ron Swanson is more than the MVP of the 'Parks and Recreation' squad, more than just the funniest character on TV - he's the perfect depiction of aggrieved American manhood at the twilight of the empire.

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• ‟ 'American Horror' goes for a very specific kind of Seventies suburban downer ambience - 'Flowers in the Attic' paperbacks, Black Sabbath album covers and late-night flicks like 'Let's Scare Jessica to Death.' It even has 'Go Ask Alice'-era urban legends.

  - Rob Sheffield