The Modern Family Model

“A harmonious association of parents and children united by love and trust” (?, 19) has captivated American people as a model for the ideal families for over half a century now. This model family, or nuclear family, is identified by a suburban fantasy of the bread winning father, housewife, 2.5 kids, maybe a dog, and white picket fence. Portrayed in the media since the early 1950’s, shows like “I Love Lucy” and “Leave it to Beaver” prorogated the model family though positive and negative reinforcement. This model that was showcased in the media during the 1950’s has remained a constant theme in media ever since, and modern day television shows portray an evolved view of model families. A television show aired 2003 until 2006, “Arrested Development, “ portrays a view of the modern family that observes the negative effects or unseen drama of modern families through satire.
As the Second World War came to an end, and all the soldiers came back to the United States, the 1950’s family experiment began. After two decades of hardships, Americans experimented with a new kind of family, a secure and private immediate family. This set up provided distraction from anxieties of …show more content…
The show follows the Bluth family, and has a large cast of seven main characters, which include three generations of the Bluth family. The three main characters are siblings Michael Bluth, Lindsey Funke, and Gob Bluth played by Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, and Will Arnett respectively. The show follows the three siblings immediate families, and their parents life following their father George Bluths white collar crime arrest and follows the archetypical riches to rags story type. Their fathers arrest and financial fraud causes the families funds to be frozen, which forces them to come together to try and save the family businesses. This puts at the beginning of the TV