Shameless

The popular Showtime TV show Shameless is a dysfunction portrayal of a family living in Southside Chicago. This show has just about every dysfunctional family aspect you can imagine and it does a good job of correlating real life situations. The parents in the show, Frank and Monica Gallager, are two lowlife junkies that raised a family. Each child they created what made on Different drugs. Fiona was conceived while they were on acid, Phillip (Lip) was conceived while on mushrooms, Ian was…

The TV series Shameless is based on working class family that lives on the South Side of Chicago. The show is based off the dramatic and chaotic life of the Gallagher family. The family of six children depend on the oldest sister, Fiona, to take care of the family due to the absence of the mother and their incapable alcoholic father who comes and goes as he pleases. The unstable family has to cope with the struggles faced with little money and learn how to take care of themselves and also each…

"I feel pretty lucky to be working in television right now," says Rebecca Metz, who plays wisecracking waitress Melinda on Showtime's Shameless. "The boundaries are being pushed further than they've ever been pushed before. There's more of an interest than there's ever been in portraying a truly broad range of people and characters." And for this accomplished character actor, that means more opportunities to show her remarkable range in both comic and dramatic roles on some of today's most…

Reflection #11 Summary of readings In the reading, Indiscriminate and Shameless Sex: The Strategic Use of Sexuality by the United Farm Workers, Ana Raquel Minian argues that the United Farm Worker movement challenged the unfair economic system through a heteronormative discourse on respectability. Minian shows how the UFW’s discourse suppressed and rejected anyone that did not fit the image of what the UFW wanted to portray. The UFW wanted to depict the farm workers as members of society who…

Getting Shameless About Easter One Easter I dressed as a giant yellow chicken and scared a toddler close to death on the streets of London. It seemed like a good idea at the time. The concept was that a giant chicken giving out chocolate eggs to the children of London would create good vibes towards our church and spread a feel-good Easter message. My team and I bought a few hundred eggs, and I climbed into a professional chicken mascot costume. Y’know, it’s great being a chicken and I’d…

Marina Comeaux ENGL 350-001 Review Number One February 12, 2017 Shameless Showtime’s TV series Shameless is a comedic and dramatic series about the struggle of growing up in a dysfunctional, lower-middle class family. The father of this family, Frank Gallagher, is an alcoholic and drug addict who cons others for money to get by. He refuses to work, but tries abusing the government for money. He is the father of six children and only associates with them if it is in his own favor. Fiona…

Ian Gallagher is a fictitious television character from the show Shameless. The show is set in the South Side of Chicago and focuses around a dysfunctional family of six children who raise themselves with the occasional appearance of a drunk father and bipolar mother. Ian, born in 1996, is the third eldest of the children. He began developing symptoms of bipolar disorder, mania and depression, in his late teens and into his early twenties. His siblings noticed his symptoms almost immediately,…

avoids this place altogether. But it's been a good home to us, to me and my kids, who I'm proud of, 'cause every single one of them reminds me a little bit of me.” says Frank, the father of 6 kids, and probably more, in the show Shameless. Furthermore, the show Shameless is about the incredibly dysfunctional Gallagher clan. Frank the dad, is a drunk and a drug addict; Monica the mom is a bipolar drug addict who left long ago. The eldest daughter Fiona is left trying to fend for the family…

here she is in a family and they have the following problems, and alcoholic parent with depression, both parents abuse drugs and alcohol, the parent alcohol Abuse is severe and conflicts lead to aggression and violence in the family. In the series shameless you content with the Fiona's parents have most of the things listed here which means that if Fiona doesn't look for help she might be coming alcoholic herself. since her siblings are following her same steps they might need to go help them…

Shameless (US) A remake of its British counterpart, the US version follows the dysfunctional Gallagher family, led by deadbeat dad Frank (William H. Macy) and oldest daughter/matriarch Fiona (Emmy Rossum). At times hilarious, depressing, and gravely dramatic, Shameless basically fits the “black comedy” label like a shoe. While the story line often takes leaps and bounds into the absurd…