![]() ![]() Early on, they didn't cross the line much later, they pushed it whenever they could. compare the pilot to later episodes, and you may have trouble recognizing them. Part of us wants them to succeed, and cheer them on. ![]() The characters tend to be unsympathetic, yet they capture and keep our attention. This very directly confronts actual issues from the time, such as the low wages for public school teachers. ![]() The Liberals had their arguments presented(through Marcy), as well. still, I defend the right to have them expressed in a free media), even if they were no longer considered to be "ok", when the changes(men becoming metrosexuals, women gaining rights, computers, etc.). And this extends that to the older generation, as well Ed O'Neill(who *nails* the role) voices many opinions held by Conservatives(no, I do not always agree with them. You're not as weird or as randy as you might think you are. This was the American Pie of its time telling teenagers that, yes, it is, in fact, OK. Finally, there was a group of people who you could point to and, rather than go "man, why can't we be like them?", say "well, at least we're not as bad as them!". in short, an incredible release for all the pent-up anxiety and frustration for every viewer forced to sit through the Brady Bunch and every other "perfect family with well-behaved kids" that preceded this. The comedy is raunchy, crude(with that said, it is also clever, referential, cartoony and at times, satirical), and not politically correct. His life may be miserable, but it certainly is never boring to watch. will start his own religion(to enjoy tax-exempt status), become an inventor, will go to Washington and in general try(usually ending up at the starting position, like the tendency goes for sit-coms) to recapture his glory days(did you know that he scored four touch-downs in a single game in high school football?). Over the course of the 10 years that this ran(!), Bindi. And while he remains pathetically locked into the lower middle class, his next-door neighbours, the Rhoades, freely flaunt their Mercedes, their high-paying jobs at the bank and their position above him. His wife is a couch potato(a crimson-haired Sagal who never misses Oprah), his son a dateless loser(who tries to be cool), and his daughter an airheaded tramp(who takes great pleasure in finding Waldo). ![]()
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