[Air-L] Searching the normal family
Patrícia Dias da Silva
pdiasdasilva at gmail.com
Tue Sep 15 07:14:01 PDT 2009
Long time lurker and learner, this time I couldn't help commenting.
Even as a strong consumer of tv series, I'm sorry I can't be much of
help. All the difficulties you are facing and the fact that I can't
think of any show which fits your criteria made me think I'm finding
your search maybe even more interesting than your initial project.
There has been a lot of talk about the invasion of television by the
anti-hero (House, Dexter...), but not a lot about how former strong
normative models - "the normal family" - are disappearing. And I
honestly wonder how to compare the families in Happy Days with today's
families...
Best of luck on your research and I hope we can soon hear some more about it...
Patrícia Dias da Silva
PhD Candidate
Instituto de Ciências Sociais
Universidade de Lisboa
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> I'm writing a big piece in which a part is familistic comparing TV shows
> of the 1950s-1970s (Father Knows Best > Happy Days) to more networked
> family shows of today, in which household members go their separate ways,
> but are linked by ICTs and mobiles. I can think of modern shows like
> Seinfeld and Sex and the City, but they have only single folks. Can anyway
> cite decent networked family shows. Possibly Hannah Montana, altho I'd
> like one with traditional mom & dad & 1 plus kid.
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> I'm looking for mainstream (HBO, Showtime, USA ok) dramas/comedies where
> husband, wife, 1+ kids go their separate ways -- with a lot of
> communication via ICTs and mobile phones.
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> Not Dexter (which someone suggested)
> No Secret Life of an American teen (minor channel; pregnancy of 15 year
> old not really mainstream).
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> Possibly Desperate Housewives (which I rarely watch), but don't HWs mostly
> stay home in daytime, and don't go off to paid work. Do they use ICTs and
> mobile?
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> Thanks,
> Barry Wellman
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> How about Lipstick Jungle by NBC Universal? Caught only two episodes
> but it kind of suit your description - high power women with families
> working in NYC, juggling career, husbands and kids, with lots of
> communication via blackberries and mobile phones etc.
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> I'm looking for mainstream (HBO, Showtime, USA ok) dramas/comedies
> where
> husband, wife, 1+ kids go their separate ways -- with a lot of
> communication via ICTs and mobile phones.
> Not Dexter (which someone suggested)
> No Secret Life of an American teen (minor channel; pregnancy of 15
> year
> old not really mainstream).
> Possibly Desperate Housewives (which I rarely watch), but don't HWs
> mostly
> stay home in daytime, and don't go off to paid work. Do they use ICTs
> and
> mobile?
> Thanks,
> Barry Wellman
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> Subject: [Air-L] can't get no satisfaction
> I want to thank everyone for sending me sitcom suggestions for a modern
> family where husband and wife work, kids are relatively normal, and
> everyone uses ICTs and cellphones. However, I have been unable to find one
> that fit my specs, perhaps due to the fact that I never watch TV before 10PM.
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> Seventh Heaven -- wife doesn't work.
> Beverly Hills 90210 -- mostly pre cell phone era. Doesn't really focus on
> parents.
> Big Love -- 4 Wives is not the American norm (at least at 1 time)
> Gossip Girl -- not intact families.
> Vampires not normative, except in movies & TV.
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> I keep hoping that Carrie and Samantha will get married; Miranda will
> reconnect with Steve, and all 4 Sex & the City ladies will come back in 15
> years.
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> Any more help would be appreciated.
> Barry Wellman
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