Situation comedies, better known as sitcoms, have been around for many years and are usually well liked by a broad spectrum of people. Sitcoms involve a group of characters for multiple episodes and/or series depending on the quality of the certain show. While they are not like reality television of today, they are different than shows that used to come on television such as Bonanza and the Dukes of Hazard. Sitcoms are extremely comedy based which is very different than the western actions that used to take over peoples television sets. The characters may have different back grounds of different circumstances but they are all brought together by some happening or for some reasoning in a sitcom. Friends was a very influential show in shaping
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Friends is similar to today’s television series as it was at first not perceived well by many critics or society in general. Due to all of the crude and sexual jokes that were being brought to light with the creation of Friends, people were somewhat appalled and taken aback by this due to the fact it was not a normalcy in that time period. Since it was such a shock to people, nobody wanted to be the first one to be okay with them so everyone was against them. Friends was perceived in a bad light at first just like shows in today’s culture such as The Kardashian’s or Jersey Shore. Friends was different because of the way it portrayed some of their characters and their characteristics. All of the characters stayed together constantly throughout the series and they were very open to things such as gays and being single, floating between bed to bed of a different man or woman which is something that while accepted today, was looked down upon drastically even a few years before the creation of Friends.
It has been mentioned time and time again the similarities and differences between the series Friends and the time period of when it was written compared to the time period of society today. While not being aired in over ten plus years, Friends still has an impact on people today. Whether it be adults reminiscing of the show or kids finding an older show that is new to them to occupy their time. The conclusion hopefully has been a paper that has enlightened you the reader on a special sitcom series called Friends and its effects on society of its time and of modern day as
Friends is similar to today’s television series as it was at first not perceived well by many critics or society in general. Due to all of the crude and sexual jokes that were being brought to light with the creation of Friends, people were somewhat appalled and taken aback by this due to the fact it was not a normalcy in that time period. Since it was such a shock to people, nobody wanted to be the first one to be okay with them so everyone was against them. Friends was perceived in a bad light at first just like shows in today’s culture such as The Kardashian’s or Jersey Shore. Friends was different because of the way it portrayed some of their characters and their characteristics. All of the characters stayed together constantly throughout the series and they were very open to things such as gays and being single, floating between bed to bed of a different man or woman which is something that while accepted today, was looked down upon drastically even a few years before the creation of Friends.
It has been mentioned time and time again the similarities and differences between the series Friends and the time period of when it was written compared to the time period of society today. While not being aired in over ten plus years, Friends still has an impact on people today. Whether it be adults reminiscing of the show or kids finding an older show that is new to them to occupy their time. The conclusion hopefully has been a paper that has enlightened you the reader on a special sitcom series called Friends and its effects on society of its time and of modern day as