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Psychological Criticisms Of Characters In The Television Show 'Friends'
In the television show, "Friends," there are many different types of psychological criticisms. Each character has their own specific characteristic, Monica is the clean freak, Ross is the nerd, Joey is the flirtatious one, Rachel is the spoiled rich girl, and Phoebe is the weird one. Chandler Bing is one of the main characters of the show, he instills the child-like character who is expected to make perverted jokes. Chandler has experienced his parent's divorce, his dad announcing that he is gay, and his past relationships have failed. "Friends," the television series from the 90's, houses many different psychological themes such as Chandler's issues with commitment.
Chandler's parents announced that they were planning on getting a divorce over thanksgiving dinner when Chandler was a young child (S5, E8). Turns out that Chandler's father was announcing that he was gay and the amount of stress that was placed on Chandler during his developmental years. He basically had to grow up without a father figure and deal with his abandonment issues on his own. In the prior episode I mentioned, Chandler states that he feels that his father did actually abandon him to run off with the house boy. The divorce also allowed Chandler's mom's business to take off, as she wrote more adult fiction
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This series although having good qualities, can also allow you to see the terrible side of divorce. And the effect that it has on the children in the broken home. Chandler Bing is my example of the child in the divorced home that feels abandoned. Through all of the failed relationships, to the divorced mom and dad, to the gay father figure, to the no father figure, and finally to the running away from his own marriage. This just goes to show how much developmental damage divorce can have on a child. "Friends" definitely portrays divorce as a light subject, but should not be taken as

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