I realize that this kind of thing is probably par for the course at your average university, but how can you pass up an analysis of Seinfeld's J. Peterman that features insights like these:
"The Seinfeld writers’ choice of Myanmar as the site of Peterman’s Heart of Darkness is most likely related to its relatively low-profile status in contemporary American discourses of post-colonialism, both academic and popular. Yet Peterman’s statement that "It’ll always be Burma to me" and Kramer’s failure to recognize the name Myanmar allude to a painful history of British colonialism and nationalist, religious, ethnic, and economic struggle...
Peterman’s insistence on calling the country "Burma" clearly reflects his nostalgia for the British empire and his refusal to acknowledge the political victory symbolized by the name Myanmar. Once again, however, this joke on Peterman is matched by a Seinfeld joke that replicates Peterman’s dismissive attitude toward national independence. When Kramer asks if Myanmar is "the new discount pharmacy," he demonstrates American ignorance of international politics and the conception of the Third World as a source of cheap products for Western consumption."
It's gold, Jerry!
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