With today’s society being much more open and accepting about many different topics‚ the material content used as entertainment in many comedies is becoming more and more controversial. Popular television shows such as Absolutely Fabulous‚ Family Guy and American Dad! are consistently proving that jokes focusing on risqué topics such as abortion‚ religion‚ alcohol and drug abuse‚ sexism‚ racism and even the subject of disabilities are more entertaining and therefore‚ despite some audiences watching
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The two sitcoms that I am going to compare are: -Absolutely Fabulous which is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders. It was based on an original idea by her and Dawn French and was written by Saunders‚ who plays the leading character. -The Royle Family which is a British television sitcom produced by Granada Productions for the BBC‚ which ran for three series between 1998 and 2000. Absolutely Fabulous is an example of character interplay sitcom. Two main characters are: Edina "Eddy" Monsoon
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Myranda Ramirez Prof. Matthew Antonio February 12‚ 2014 Comp 150 Annotated Bibliography Assignment Holland‚ Karen. "What We Can Learn from Sitcom Relationships." Marriage Counseling Denver. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. This conversational article written by Karen Holland is one that gives an opinion based piece that describes the relationships of a specific T.V. sitcom and how we can learn from that sitcom as well as others. The specific sitcom specified is titled Modern Family‚ I which the
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bibliographyLUV U "LUV U" is the story of three young girls Camille (Miles)‚ Whitney (Kiray) and April (Angeli)‚ who just transferred to Lamberto Uy Villarama University‚ or Luv U to finish High School there‚ where they will also experience about the highs and lows of young love. It all started when they caught the attention of JB (Marco)‚ Boom (CJ) and Rocky (Igiboy) on their very first day at Luv U. And despite the strict warning of their grandma Lola Paula (Joy)‚ Camille and her cousins continue
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contradictory and immaturity. These techniques are usually used in a stereotyped manner and are typically predictable. For instance‚ something precious will always get lost and be seen again. Also‚ these techniques are only funny in the correct situation and only when applied to the correct character. For example‚ in the sitcom Friends‚ Joey is memorable for his one liners and immaturity‚ while Chandler is remembered for his sarcasm and human
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Women in American Sitcoms of the 1950s and 60s Sitcoms – situation comedies – are probably the most “American” of all TV formats. They convey a high degree of viewer identification‚ as they show scenes of everyday American life. If the viewer identifies with the series‚ is the series representative to the viewing society? I will try to elaborate on that question by comparing to sitcoms of the 1950s and 60s and the image of women that they carry. Life with Elizabeth was one of the earliest sitcoms
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Television has influenced society with the way audiences perceive culture and respond to stories presented on the screen. The first sitcoms ever produced were in the 1940’s when television was still in black and white. Television revolutionized from black and white to color by the 1990s and was also animated. Now by the 2000’s is was a wide range of camera systems in sitcoms that you can pick from such as a single camera system‚ multi camera system‚ animation‚ and even a hybrid. No matter the system
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Evaluating Sitcoms – Bewitched Bewitched is a situation comedy‚ produced in the year 1964 and set in America. The main characters include Samantha and Darrin Stephens. The program Bewitched conveys the premise to not make assumptions about someone instantly – because there may be more to a person then what meets the eye. The pilot of Bewitched begins with the orientation‚ establishing the status of the newly wed couple. Darrin is portrayed as the breadwinner of the family‚ and Samantha is presented
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what causes a regular watcher to develop a “parasocial” relationship with them (“Research Report‚” 2013). Upon examination of the development of the television sitcom‚ many of the humorous moments throughout the years have stemmed from embellished situations in character-to-character relationships. An analysis of these relationships‚ with emphasis on those of an intimate relationship has shown that today sexuality is often the source of primary humor. This sexuality in sitcoms is currently the most
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would have been 90% in Len’s favor and Marilyn would have maybe been 10% satisfied. Len was using almost any tactic he could in order to get his way which was not allowing Marilyn to argue her part of the negotiation. It was more or less a no win situation for her. Were Marilyn’s objectives on the way to being effectuated in the second exchange? Yes‚ Marilyn was able to stand her ground and argue her points in this negotiation. She wasn’t allowing Len the opportunity to “guilt” or “bully” her.
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