 The episode was written by Larry Charles and directed by Tom Cherones , who directed all of the episodes in Season 2 . " The Statue " was the second episode Charles wrote for the show , though it was the first to be aired . Charles was mostly interested in the development of the Kramer character , as he felt " Jerry and George were so well @-@ defined through Larry [ David ] and Jerry , that there was less room for me to , sort of , expand on those personas . But Kramer was very unformed at the beginning of the show and it gave me an area of creativity to , sort of , expand upon . So I spent a lot of time with Kramer because he was a character that I could have an impact on in the future of the show " . Richards enjoyed how his character evolved and , after the filming of the episode , went to Seinfeld , Charles and David and said " we should keep going that way . " He cites this episode , as well as " The Revenge " ( in which Kramer puts concrete in a washing machine ) , as episodes that really defined the character . 
