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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the sitcom Derry Girls, talking about the relationship between time and retro-time (&#8220;Retro time, Data, retro time!&#8221;), between the ex post facto view of history and the experience of living through it, and the difference or relationship between comedy, tragedy, and historical events.


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<h2>Further Reading</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80238565">Derry Girls</a> on Netflix</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles">The Troubles</a> on Wikipedia</li>
<li><a href="https://randomnerds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Seinfeld-The-Twin-Towers-Billy-Domineau.pdf">&#8220;Seinfeld &#8211; The Twin Towers Script&#8221;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackadder">Blackadder</a> on Wikipedia</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogan%27s_Heroes">Hogan&#8217;s Heroes</a> on Wikipedia</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_Troop">F-Troop</a> on Wikipedia</li>
<li><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2007/01/hitchens200701">&#8220;Why Women Aren&#8217;t Funny&#8221;</a> by Christopher Hitchens</li>
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Episode 773: This is the Why

Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve.