article_snippet: That's because Larry David's has a huge built-in audience for Larry David's unique brand of humor, which "Curb" fans know to be as abrasive as sea salt and as astringent as lemon, unyielding in the face of social niceties, epic humiliation or even common human decency.
article_snippet: By and large, fans of Larry David's's work tend to loudly proclaim that as long as abuse is sprayed pari passu  --  e.g., proportionately in all directions  --  no one should take offense.
article_snippet: By contrast, nearly all of the rest of the cast fit familiar comedic portrayals of Jewish family members -- most intensely so, the neurotic protagonist, Norman (performed by Larry David himself more or less as Larry David himself).
highlights_snippet: Larry David's play opens on Broadway, faces some criticism over a Hispanic character .
  