A half-century after its bracing debut, sitcom âAll in the Familyâ speaks to todayâs conflicts
The issues and lessons of âAll in the Familyâ still resonate
By David M. Shribman Globe Correspondent,Updated January 9, 2021, 3:54 p.m.
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Actor Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in "All in the Family."AP
One of them spewed ethnic slurs. Another was flighty and yet grounded. A third loved to dance, and danced around her parentsâ bickering. And the last of them
was a rebel without a pause.
They were Archie, Edith, Gloria, and Meathead. Actually the fourth oneâs name was Mike but few today remember that. Even now, a half-century later, they need no introduction, nor