Situation Comedy, otherwise known as sitcoms had their start on radio, but hit the television screen in the 1950’s. The sitcom Friends focuses on a group of six young adults, as they struggle through life’s challenges in Manhattan. They spend their days in a coffee shop learning from one another and leaning on one another throughout life’s biggest triumphs and trials. With 69 awards, and 211 nominations, including Golden Globes and Primetime Emmy Awards, it can be said that this sitcom has impacted many lives (IMDb). The messages presented throughout the series can be missed or overlooked due to the popularity of the show. Through the use of rhetorical strategies, scholars can critically decode the meaning of the mediated source, Friends.
