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
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
in few words as possible, something that means a lot to me. fine. it s your story. but it s not true for everyone. i think that sitcom is one of the best places to explore those difficult conversations revolving around class in an honest way, it s the greatest tool in the history of humanity to create empathy. it s always sunny in philadelphia, explores the state of the american dream in a little bit of a different way, and that these characters they really believe that they are are the oven entitled to so much more. but don t want to work hard for it. you guys can t get welfare. yeah we can. you can t. they don t give it to any jackass that walks in here. we ve got it covered. okay? d your bicycle helmet. it s about four friends who run a, bar in philadelphia, and they aren t four of the worst human beings you have ever witnessed. a recovering crackhead. this is my