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How do Kaufman and Crane hook the audience in the pilot episode of "Friends"?
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Daniel Goldstone ENGLISH MEDIA COURSEWORK How do Kaufman and Crane hook the audience in the pilot episode of "Friends"? Before Friends debuted in America in 1992 the traditional sitcom was purely centred around the family: -mum, dad, a couple of children and the occasional grandparent or aunt and uncle. But Friends was different, it was about six twenty-something's with no family ties no husbands only ex wives and ex fiancés, no mums, dads, children or grandparents in sight. It was about young people just having fun and enjoying life. Friends marked the beginning of a new era for sitcoms; countless shows have followed with the same principal idea as Friends- Will&Grace, Scrubs and Coupling just to name a few, they have all been about the same thing Friends has been about- friends getting together and enjoying each others company and enjoying life. Friends also broke the mould by dealing with issues that had...
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