Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Over Flow's with Conflict
Larry David is the co-creator of the highly famous television series "Seinfeld". Mr. David is also the sole creator of the hit HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" which is loosely based on his life (Larry David, 2016). Episode one of season 1 titled, "The Pants Tent" has a very good example of conflict resolution.
Sometimes Getting to Our Seat Can Cause a Conflict Every episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is a treasure trove of different types of interpersonal conflict. In the episode titled "The Pants Tent", Larry David is meeting a friend of his wife at a movie. While making his way from the entrance to his seat, he gets into a conflict with a woman sitting in the aisle seat of the row he wants to sit in. He say's "Excuse me.", as anyone would do when they need someone to move slightly so they can pass by them. But the woman doesn't move much for him to pass by and the conflict escalates to a full bore argument (razorblatter, 2009) …show more content…
He wanted to get to the seat next to his wife's friend who had met him there to enjoy the movie. Nothing out of the ordinary and he goes about achieving the goal in a courteous way. The lady sitting in the aisle seat takes a much more condescending approach to the situation. She acts as though she shouldn't have been asked to move just enough for him to get by. Going as far as telling him he should have gone through from the other end of the
Larry David is the co-creator of the highly famous television series "Seinfeld". Mr. David is also the sole creator of the hit HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" which is loosely based on his life (Larry David, 2016). Episode one of season 1 titled, "The Pants Tent" has a very good example of conflict resolution.
Sometimes Getting to Our Seat Can Cause a Conflict Every episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is a treasure trove of different types of interpersonal conflict. In the episode titled "The Pants Tent", Larry David is meeting a friend of his wife at a movie. While making his way from the entrance to his seat, he gets into a conflict with a woman sitting in the aisle seat of the row he wants to sit in. He say's "Excuse me.", as anyone would do when they need someone to move slightly so they can pass by them. But the woman doesn't move much for him to pass by and the conflict escalates to a full bore argument (razorblatter, 2009) …show more content…
He wanted to get to the seat next to his wife's friend who had met him there to enjoy the movie. Nothing out of the ordinary and he goes about achieving the goal in a courteous way. The lady sitting in the aisle seat takes a much more condescending approach to the situation. She acts as though she shouldn't have been asked to move just enough for him to get by. Going as far as telling him he should have gone through from the other end of the