This reboot is a product of our nostalgia culture, Throwback Thursdays and “Things Only a ’80s Kid Would Know” listicles, come to life.
It’s not entirely clear who the audience is meant to be for the new “Fuller House.” Grown-up fans watching with their kids? Today's kids and teens? Nostalgic parents who have put their kids to bed?It wants to be a warm and fuzzy throwback comedy, complete with laughs and awws from a studio audience — a first for Netflix. But it also wants to trade on the winking meta-humor that’s currently so popular.
Gears shift a lot on "Fuller House." There are ongoing allusions to the off-screen lives of the stars and applause-rewarded fourth-wall breaking. Such moments contrast with the heartstring-pulling and lesson-learning more standard to traditional sitcoms.
Fans will have to adjust to the biggest contrast to "Full House:" its cringe-making innuendo, suggestive dancing, lots of drinking, revealing clothes and female kisses.
It's probably because of its insistence on being perceived family-friendly that "Fuller House" gets panned by critics including some Christian ones. However, star Candace Cameron Bure's fans might be surprised by how her character is portrayed.
Bure has responded to the critics:
"The critics never had a good thing to say about Full House and yet it ran for eight years in primetime and then it’s never been off the air in 30 years. So it’s a testament to what the fans want and not what the critics think. If there are any negative review that’s how we feel about it with Fuller House; we did this for the fans and we think they’re going to absolutely love it.""The fans are excited about the show," Jodie Sweetin added."We’re not going out there and trying to win an Emmy for Best Drama. We’re a family sitcom that fans absolutely love and adore, and we’re incredibly honored to get to bring that back and I think we’ve stayed really true to that drama."
