Shabhaye Barareh

i am a great fan of British, American and iranian comedy, and before i ever saw barareh my favourite comedies were nbc's 'scrubs' and bbc's 'only fools and horses', but i can honestly say these have been taken over by the amazing 'shabhaye barareh'. no comedy i have seen has been so funny and so poignant and so true to life in Iran, and on so many levels, as this series. perhaps the very fact that it wasn't finished off properly gives it more of a legendary status, much like 'only fools and horses' had before they started doing the one-off specials. and when you consider the budget and the schedule these guys were doing, it makes you wonder what sort of level of genius mehran modiri et al work at. he is said to be working on a new comedy, but i hope fans won't be too critical by comparing it to barareh, as this surely was his finest hour.