FEEDBACK

I was one of Robert Lloyd’s early interviews a few years ago when I retired as vice president for Program Standards at NBC and he wrote the best piece I have ever read about TV standards and “censorship.” It is clear I was very lucky to have him be the one to do my interview.

Now I have to compliment him on what I think is a landmark essay on “Comedy’s Awkward Era” (“A Comedy Vacuum Turns to the Squirm,” March 29), a much better designation than the popular “school of gross comedy.”

I think Lloyd nailed it perfectly, starting with “Freaks and Geeks” and progressing through “Conchords,” “Conan O’Brien,” “The Office,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “30 Rock,” and spilling into the movies, including “I Love You, Man.”

We are definitely in a transition period with entertainment, fueled by the changing social environment and developing electronic communication capabilities. I just hope we are moving toward an age of enlightenment rather than into a neo-dark age.

Theodore Cordes