OPINION Jerry Seinfeld , a comic once beloved for being an amiable jerk, is suddenly mad at everyone. Duncan Greive watches the ups and downs of an icon at 70. Originally published by the Spinoff One of the many golden nuggets in flawless 90s comedy Clu e less comes when Alicia Silverstone’s Cher dismisses a boy with the perfect kiss off, “he listens to complaint rock”, referring to grunge music, which was already on the wane.
The film came out in 1995, around the time Jerry Seinfeld was at his apex cultural power, his wildly original self-titled “show about nothing” typically involved he and his friends as the villains – the complaints were about them, rightly so. Thirty years later and Seinfeld is on stage at a not-quite-full Spark Arena, and his complaints are about the outside world. His style has changed from the laconic, laid-back delivery familiar from the show’s intros to a hoarse half-yell, which persists throughout the opening 20 minutes.
It’s almost all complaints..
