Family sitcoms are the best type of television shows out there. These shows bring the family together, and make them laugh. William Roberts created the Donna Reed Show, which is a show from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. The show consist of a typically family in the 1950s and 60s. The mother is a stay at home mother, and the father is a doctor, and they have two children, one girl and one boy. On the other hand, in the 21st century, Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd produced the popular family sitcom is Modern Family. This show consist of a stay at home mother, until season five, a working father, and three children two are female and one is male. The Donna Reed Show was a spectacular show during the time period when it aired, so is
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For instance, in the short piece “Looking for Work,” written by Gary Soto. This small excerpt showed how many families in the 50s wanted their own family’s to become like the family shown in the television show. Soto questioned, “Mom, do you think we could get dressed up for dinner one of these days” (Colombo 29). This signifies how important family sitcoms were in the 1950s. Many immigrant families and low class wanted to be like middle class families so they can fit within the neighborhoods, and get respected by their neighbors and peers. Next, the Donna Reed Show was not a normal television show, but it was the norm of what families had to be in the …show more content…
In modern days, gender roles have diminish because of how now fathers can be stay at home, while the mother goes out and work. The Donna Reed Show was a show of its time, but as time has change so has roles. All in all, soon, Modern Family will also be outdated because of the new technology and how a family works, nuclear or not. Also, the gender roles will keep on diminish and one day there will be no gender roles because soon there are going to many women that are engineers, scientist, and computer technicians, One day women would earn more money than men, so that day will be the last day for gender roles for husband and wife, male and female, and father and
For instance, in the short piece “Looking for Work,” written by Gary Soto. This small excerpt showed how many families in the 50s wanted their own family’s to become like the family shown in the television show. Soto questioned, “Mom, do you think we could get dressed up for dinner one of these days” (Colombo 29). This signifies how important family sitcoms were in the 1950s. Many immigrant families and low class wanted to be like middle class families so they can fit within the neighborhoods, and get respected by their neighbors and peers. Next, the Donna Reed Show was not a normal television show, but it was the norm of what families had to be in the …show more content…
In modern days, gender roles have diminish because of how now fathers can be stay at home, while the mother goes out and work. The Donna Reed Show was a show of its time, but as time has change so has roles. All in all, soon, Modern Family will also be outdated because of the new technology and how a family works, nuclear or not. Also, the gender roles will keep on diminish and one day there will be no gender roles because soon there are going to many women that are engineers, scientist, and computer technicians, One day women would earn more money than men, so that day will be the last day for gender roles for husband and wife, male and female, and father and