Name the media you are discussing in this paper. What does Kimmel have to say about this kind of media as both reflecting gender difference and producing gender inequality?
I have always been a fan of the hit TV show Friends. Over the summer it took me about a month and a half to complete the 10 years worth of 24 minute episodes. There were some things that I noticed about the show after completing the series, which will be discussed in this paper.
As Kimmel mentions in the times of the Ed Sullivan show, there were plenty of stereotypes within TV culture. He states “male characters were more courageous and active, fighting crime and solving mysteries. Female characters were caring but befuddled housewives who occasionally ventures outside …show more content…
Friends is a show where there is diversity in extras (being that it’s set in New York so it’s inevitable) but not much else. In season 7, Gabrielle Union Wade AKA Kristen Leigh was unknowingly the center of a love triangle between Ross and Joey. Then again in season 9 with Aisha Taylor AKA Charlie Wheeler who is also in the center of a live triangle. With Charlie, her role developed a bit more as she is a paleontology professor and had previous relationships with Nobel Prize winners. The one issue I had was with Charlie in season 10 episode 1. This was the episode where Monica’s hair ended up getting so large due to the humidity that she had to go to the salon to get it done. Upon coming back to join the rest of the crew, she had cornrows with seashells on the tips - the regular hairstyle you get while in the Caribbean. The first thing Charlie says is “You go girlfriend” to which Ross responds “You’ve never said that a day in your life, have you” and she swiftly says …show more content…
The men, however, are pretty heavily stereotyped. Ross is a man who got married and divorced three times, often dated, often talked about dating, and as I said before - became the professor who briefly dated his student. Joey is a woman hungry man who enjoys having multiple sexual partners at the same time. He’s also what you’d call the stereotypical Italian man: mama’s boy, protective over his sisters but no regard for the women he dates just to have sex with, smooth talker, loves pasta. Chandler doesn’t really do that - he’s the only male character who didn’t go completely bonkers and get caught up in hormones. He had long time girlfriends despite a few in between, and ended up marrying and having a healthy family with
I have always been a fan of the hit TV show Friends. Over the summer it took me about a month and a half to complete the 10 years worth of 24 minute episodes. There were some things that I noticed about the show after completing the series, which will be discussed in this paper.
As Kimmel mentions in the times of the Ed Sullivan show, there were plenty of stereotypes within TV culture. He states “male characters were more courageous and active, fighting crime and solving mysteries. Female characters were caring but befuddled housewives who occasionally ventures outside …show more content…
Friends is a show where there is diversity in extras (being that it’s set in New York so it’s inevitable) but not much else. In season 7, Gabrielle Union Wade AKA Kristen Leigh was unknowingly the center of a love triangle between Ross and Joey. Then again in season 9 with Aisha Taylor AKA Charlie Wheeler who is also in the center of a live triangle. With Charlie, her role developed a bit more as she is a paleontology professor and had previous relationships with Nobel Prize winners. The one issue I had was with Charlie in season 10 episode 1. This was the episode where Monica’s hair ended up getting so large due to the humidity that she had to go to the salon to get it done. Upon coming back to join the rest of the crew, she had cornrows with seashells on the tips - the regular hairstyle you get while in the Caribbean. The first thing Charlie says is “You go girlfriend” to which Ross responds “You’ve never said that a day in your life, have you” and she swiftly says …show more content…
The men, however, are pretty heavily stereotyped. Ross is a man who got married and divorced three times, often dated, often talked about dating, and as I said before - became the professor who briefly dated his student. Joey is a woman hungry man who enjoys having multiple sexual partners at the same time. He’s also what you’d call the stereotypical Italian man: mama’s boy, protective over his sisters but no regard for the women he dates just to have sex with, smooth talker, loves pasta. Chandler doesn’t really do that - he’s the only male character who didn’t go completely bonkers and get caught up in hormones. He had long time girlfriends despite a few in between, and ended up marrying and having a healthy family with