TV Shows And Real Life
TV shows are probably the primary source of entertainment for the
average American. Most of them run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with reruns starting
at 5 p.m. We watch them because they give us something to do, a way to relax,
something to help pass the time. We all watch different shows, some people like
"Married...with Children", some are repulsed with it, but like to watch "Home
Improvement", what draws particular crowds to certain shows? How do these shows
portray the average American, or do they portray average Americans at all?
These are questions many writers have attempted to answer, at least one column
in almost every newspaper is dedicated to this topic. I think the people ...
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Most shows consist of Al
going somewhere or doing something and everyone else making fun of him when he
fails miserably. Al is someone you can hardly call a father to his kids, he's
doesn't take care of them and he does absolutely nothing father-like for them or
with them. Al is constantly complaining about his marriage, he says that if he
was sober that night, none of this would have happened. He calls his children
accidents and the only good memory he has, is of him being a great high school
football player, which he would take to the next level had all his dreams not
been crushed by Peg. The only living thing Al really likes on the show is his
dog, Buck, to which he can relate as they are both dirty and nasty. Every show
it is the same kind of thing, over and over again. Peg is trying to convince Al
to have sex, Al blames Peg for his failure in life, Kelly is screwing some guy
in the back seat of a car, and Bud is looking at "nudy magazines". Last Monday,
the 27, Al ...
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Tim did, or about what Jill did, it's about what their kids did. The kids
are also constantly fighting, the two bigger brothers always picking on the
smaller one. It is a funny and entertaining version of the upper-middle class
family. The role of the father in this show is clear, he is manly, he grunts,
he works with power tools, and he can't stand when someone besides him has the
power. This is shown in the episode when Jill opens her own checking account,
Tim is upset, he can't control where the money goes any more, even though it
isn't his money, he'd like to have control over it. So by the end of the
episode, Jill gives in, a portrayal of female weakness and man's ...
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