Dan Harmon Addresses Community’s Cancellation, Has Advice For Grieving Fans
"Let the suits deal with the suits and see what possibilities exist. That’s the best we can do for now. Ninety seven episodes. Over eighty pretty good ones. Mission accomplished."
As you may have heard, Community was quietly cancelled over the weekend. Sadly, after five seasons, you’ll need to get your pop culture parodies elsewhere from now on, like Family Guy or American Dad or something (sorry).
Grieving fans have understandably been bombarding show creator Dan Harmon with confused Twitter rants since the announcement was made, eager to help their beloved show live on in anyway they can. “Meh, just stop it…,” said Dan Harmon in a signature rambly post he made on Tumblr overnight.
While outlining that he ultimately doesn’t have final say in whatever happens to the show from now on (“that guy went to a better school, didn’t drop out, and has lizard blood,” he explained), Harmon did indicate that he was tentatively open to the “concept of the show living elsewhere”, even if his initial reaction to the idea was a mere “eh.”
“I said ‘eh’ on Friday afternoon,” wrote Harmon. “I will change it to a ‘sure, let’s talk’ on Monday morning… I’m not going to be the guy that recancels cancelled Community. [But] I’m scared to tell you how little difference I think my enthusiasm will make. There are lots of reasons a Community resurrection could be difficult. So be prepared for that.”
To the anxious fans, though, wondering what they can do to save their beloved friends, he had more solid advice. “I honestly think you can totally sit back and relax for this chapter,” wrote Harmon. “I know you don’t feel relaxed, but I mean you don’t have to worry that someone on this planet isn’t aware of this show’s value to its audience. There are actually astronauts on a space station right now saying ‘We get it, you love Community‘ in Chinese. You have done your thing.”
“If you want to know the God’s honest truth, part of my ‘eh’ was coming from the unsettling thought of your passion for campaigns being once again exploited by this rather unfair, somewhat backward system, one that now treats you like it’s your responsibility to keep a show alive, like a corporation is doing you a favor by feeding you low grade opiate through a regulated tube,” he continued. “You deserve better… Let TV be the needy clown that it’s still very overpaid to be, and let the suits deal with the suits and see what possibilities exist. That’s the best we can do for now. Ninety seven episodes. Over eighty pretty good ones. Mission accomplished.”
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