Over the past 20 years, the presence of class on TV has greatly diminished. Money has become a nonissue for many characters. With the advent of the hangout sitcom, it appeared that all the characters never went to work but were able to afford expensive apartments in the middle of huge cities like New York (Morris, 2016). However, Netflix’s F is for Family takes the viewer back to the 1970’s to a working-class household of the Murphies. F is for Family has money and class as one of its most important themes and recurring plot points over its two-season run. The show revolves around Frank Murphy, a middle aged husband and father of 3 who works as a baggage handler at a local airport. Frank’s employment is the only thing keeping his family from financial ruin. Outside of the Murphy residence, one of the other most popular setting is following Frank around his job. The viewer gets to follow Frank through his day seeing how horrible his job is as he deals with horrible upper management and lazy employees. At the beginning of the show, Frank is the sole breadwinner of the house with his wife Sue being a traditional stay at home Mom, but Sue
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Vic fits the classic playboy archetype owning a brand new house and car while constantly doing cocaine and other drugs. He works at a local radio station working a much easier job than Frank. Frank sees Vic’s wealth and status as a possibility of what his life could have been if he had fulfilled his dream of becoming a pilot. Their relationship also sets up a main point of conflict in Frank’s life as he is constantly trying to one up Vic often at the detriment of his own family. A prime example of this is in the first episode where Frank buys a color TV which is way outside of his means as this was 1973. Frank wants that success for his family but his job and choices have him stuck in a working class job with no way
Vic fits the classic playboy archetype owning a brand new house and car while constantly doing cocaine and other drugs. He works at a local radio station working a much easier job than Frank. Frank sees Vic’s wealth and status as a possibility of what his life could have been if he had fulfilled his dream of becoming a pilot. Their relationship also sets up a main point of conflict in Frank’s life as he is constantly trying to one up Vic often at the detriment of his own family. A prime example of this is in the first episode where Frank buys a color TV which is way outside of his means as this was 1973. Frank wants that success for his family but his job and choices have him stuck in a working class job with no way