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The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd- setting:

The IT Crowd is a British sit com. As for the setting there are only a few different sets which are shown in the first episode. The most used setting is the basement, which you can spot will be used through out the show. This will connect the audience to the show as they will recognize the setting and think of everything that goes on in the basement. With most of the humor coming from there place of work, it shows that it is the worst place in the building and shows a lot on the characters and makes it more of a sit com.

Characters:
The characters are very stereo-typed to be a certain social group. The character to the far right is stereo-typed to be a more nerdy,geek kind of character which makes the program more of a sit com. This is because this character will get laughs because of who he is. The character to the left is a more lazy, clumsy type of person. This relates to the genre being a sit com because the character will do stupid things to get laughs. For the sit com to work, you need these these stereo-typed characters, this is why the show works well.

The Show:
After every joke on the show there is canned laughter, which shows to the audience that the show is a sit com. They use a lot of canned laughter, which may get repetitive but gives the audience a better understanding what type of humor the show will consist and that the genre is a sit com.