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How are male and female characters represented in two situation comedies of your choice?
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How are male and female characters represented in two situation comedies of your choice? Situation comedies as a whole are a conservative representation of life mainly due to the fact they are screened at prime family times and want as large an audience as possible so try not to be too controversial. This means they very rarely challenge the status quo and re-enforce stereotypes. I am looking at how male and female characters are represented and whether the way they are represented challenges the stereotypes associated with gender differences. The two situation comedies I have chosen are 'Friends' and 'Man About The House'. As Friends was made decades after Man About The House it gives us a good insight into how male and female representations and attitudes towards the roles of males and females has changed over the last 30 years. Man about the house was produced during a time of women's...
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