Why a TV show about a TV show is not a TV show about nothing: Curb Your Enthusiasm

The real fun in watching "Curb Your Enthusiasm" as it winds toward its Seinfeld-reunion conclusion is to see how a TV sitcom is actually managed. It's a real kick to see the Seinfeld set - and watch the cast members look at it in awe, as if it's some kind of national monument (maybe it is). And to watch them read the script of the reunion episode - have to wonder whether it's actually a first read-through or if they did a read-through to prepare for the filming of the read-through. Watching the rehearsal is great, too - again, it seems as if they really are working through the material for the first time, so it's either very well directed to look like a rehearsal, or it really is. The plot is again very clever, but some of the crude sexuality is to me out of place - as if David thinks part of the mission is to make this an x-rated pay cable version of Seinfeld (maybe it is). Well, I guess without the crudity it would be just another Seinfeld episode but without the commercials. How does the cast look? Jerry and Jason have put on pounds, Julia L-D has not - she looks great. Richard (Kramer) looks the same and Newman actually looks a little more svelte. He plays a great cameo in this episode. Lots of fun to watch, as the series builds toward its inevitable conclusion, with the question left unresolved so far: will Larry get Cheryl back? She's cast (in the reunion show within the show) as George's ex, and seems to be playing the part well - I thought they'd have her screw up in some way, but no, at least not yet.