Sharing the American Dream On its fourth season with CBS, 2 Broke Girls, came to television at a time when it was needed. In 2011, America had been faced with the economy taking a downward spiral and American viewers started to possibly find the millionaires and their Kardashians unappealing. Max Black and Caroline Channing, the two female protagonist of the show, share the character arc and ideology of working hard to achieve what they desire. The two young ladies, both in their mid-twenties, set out to work their way to the top, from starting at the bottom. Caroline Channing had it all. She came from a family that once had money, but now had nothing. Max Black never had anything. She came from the bottom, and was still at the bottom. They
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Mulan Wang, a television blogger, disagrees though. 2 Broke Girls shows that difference in class does not provide equal opportunity. The show’s viewers see the challenges Caroline and Max have to overcome while working numerous jobs, shopping with coupons, and sharing meals. In episode 13 of season one, Caroline is shocked to find out that that Max uses coupons to shop and save money. She quickly adapts to the idea of coupons, but not on the same means as Max. Caroline sees it as a game at first, trying to save the most money, and buy up everything as long as she can get the price low. Her upper class shopping diva still comes out throughout most of the …show more content…
The comedy in 2 Broke Girls was not just put on the above, but also on the other characters. Sometimes viewed as inappropriate, questions “surfaced the fact that characters such as Oleg-the-lecherous-immigrant-chef (played by Jonathan Kite) and Han-the-diminutive-Asian-diner-boss (Matthew Moy) were frequently offensive, at-times racist and, frankly, unfunny stereotypes” (Mitovich). Nowadays, America is a country of many different ethnicities and sexes in the workplace. Achieving the American dream, may take working together. The diner is set with a cast of different races, all of which seem to be working towards a goal, the goal to survive in New York, America. This can be seen in Max and Caroline’s new version of the traditional
Mulan Wang, a television blogger, disagrees though. 2 Broke Girls shows that difference in class does not provide equal opportunity. The show’s viewers see the challenges Caroline and Max have to overcome while working numerous jobs, shopping with coupons, and sharing meals. In episode 13 of season one, Caroline is shocked to find out that that Max uses coupons to shop and save money. She quickly adapts to the idea of coupons, but not on the same means as Max. Caroline sees it as a game at first, trying to save the most money, and buy up everything as long as she can get the price low. Her upper class shopping diva still comes out throughout most of the …show more content…
The comedy in 2 Broke Girls was not just put on the above, but also on the other characters. Sometimes viewed as inappropriate, questions “surfaced the fact that characters such as Oleg-the-lecherous-immigrant-chef (played by Jonathan Kite) and Han-the-diminutive-Asian-diner-boss (Matthew Moy) were frequently offensive, at-times racist and, frankly, unfunny stereotypes” (Mitovich). Nowadays, America is a country of many different ethnicities and sexes in the workplace. Achieving the American dream, may take working together. The diner is set with a cast of different races, all of which seem to be working towards a goal, the goal to survive in New York, America. This can be seen in Max and Caroline’s new version of the traditional