fascinating to us as a culture never checked my bags can t stand that weight baggage. it s good to laugh at it to get it all out on the table. you re going to have to go back to your seat. you know, our goal should be a society without classes. if we didn t laugh about social class in the united states, we would engage in class warfare getting cookies. hmm. that is not a show about nothing. mm hmm. oh come inside. so to the left. we have the bar to the right. we have the bathrooms. oh, we have bathrooms upstairs downstairs. many many bathrooms do still believe that for all the things going on in our in our current society in america, you can come from anywhere and end up anyplace you want. immigration revenue. i ve been got it. crazy he s just like six stuff. but the american dream is not reality for most americans tell you boys, life is crazy. these doors open up for you, except they re not really doors . trapdoors the american sitcom is how we tell stories about class you r
a plastic tray stolen from hometown buffet. what are the reasons i think that the connors works in like the 2010 is because income disparity isn t even bigger deal now than it was in the 19 nineties. i am completely financially unprepared to have a baby. i m screwed. connors themselves are still dealing with the same issues of a blue collar family living smack dab inside. the american dream. look how much money you re saving by not drinking while you re pregnant. what s that? they re not cognizant of it. and i think people can appreciate that these characters are being honest about what they re going through . this is ridiculous. people are just trying to have a better life. he was here illegally. darlene you don t have a problem with what s happening. big problem. i like the guy by daughter is about to have his baby and he may be getting dragged out of the country. you think i want in the 30th sitcoms
three people who happened to be white. but believe you, me there is so much more that i find annoying about you that i haven t even gotten to race and i think that s why i do feel like new girl was the sitcom for the millennial generation of these dudes are not looking for a relationship. yeah, this is a lot. you got a lot of frogs to get a good frog. that s not the same or anything. the next step is showing these authentic portrayals layered portrayals, because, yes, we gravitate towards people who are like us, but they don t have to be exactly like us in order to create these really profound friendships and communities. one seat in first class and one in coach. oh well, i ll take the first class. class has always played a role in the history of sitcoms. laney. class is
got to face it just have to cut down. cut out this high living. the honeymooners was an example of the idea of class and struggle and what it was like to be a family who didn t have a lot don t know how to handle money. i don t i never had any practice people born with blue collars, lower middle class people that could do regular things but didn t have a lot of money. in the 19 fifties, you had a major push to move out to suburbia, consumerism. you have all these perfect family sitcoms with these housewives in it and new nice gadgets in the kitchen now. the honeymooners lived in a two rules, little cold water flat. people were so worried that they couldn t afford curtains. they kept sending curtains to the soundstage. jackie gleason, always hoping that have to get rich. quick
sitcoms. you like pickles? don t you sure who don t. any griffith was a small town sheriff didn t have a lot of money, and they were kind of like simple to enter the competition after all . yes sir. i m going to enter these pickles. these please see . that was like a fantasy of a world and an america in which race and class just kind of didn t exist. jennifer miss clara bell, what was probably the widest show on television. i mean, there are no black people in mayberry. if they are, they re passing through. and if you blinked, you missed him. okay, pa. they all flew off. okay yes, i did a good job, pop . sure did son. the show immediately hit the top 10 it