Tina Fey‘s new present The 4 Seasons, which premieres on Netflix at present, has greater than slightly in widespread with its inspiration, the 1981 movie of the identical title starring Carol Burnett and Alan Alda. The movie and the collection share the identical premise: three {couples} who take seasonal holidays collectively discover their dynamic disrupted and their relationships confused when one couple divorces. The present additionally makes use of the identical character names, settings, plot factors, and even some jokes with the Alda-directed movie, which acquired a number of Golden Globe nominations, together with Greatest Actor for Alda and Greatest Actress for Burnett, and received for Greatest Screenplay.
However the present, which Fey stars in and produced, additionally differs from the supply materials considerably. A few of that’s only a matter of run time — the movie was 107 minutes lengthy, whereas the present is made up of eight half-hour episodes, giving it extra room to discover every character’s life. However a few of the adjustments replicate the distinction of 44 years, or simply variations in style between comedic masterminds of various eras. Each the present and the collection are hilarious, and in the long run, every is a reasonably distinctive expertise.