Monthly Archives: August 2020

A Forgotten Gem: NewsRadio

Posted on August 6, 2020 by coopjh15wfu

By John Cooper The nineteen nineties were saturated with popular sitcoms that are household names to this day; Seinfeld, Friends, Frazier, and The Simpsons, were all hitting their stride and becoming ingrained in American society for the foreseeable future. The … Continue reading →

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Family Reunion: An All-Black Family Sitcom

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Lilian Nassif

In the concluding statements of the chapter, “The Hidden Truths in Contemporary Black Sitcoms”, we read that for people of color, the television corporate world often misrepresents, trivializes or, even makes absent the incommunicable diversity of their human experience. Although … Continue reading →

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The Boys: A Postmodernist Masquerade

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Matthew Mondello

In his essay “It’s Just a Bunch of Stuff that Happened: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Postmodern Comedy,” Peter Steeves delineates the characteristics of, and the differences between, modernist and postmodernist sitcoms and their respective treatment of industrialism.  He … Continue reading →

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Postfeminism in Gossip Girl and Girls

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Paige Harriss

By Paige Harriss Many of our class discussions have revolved around conflicting notions of modern female empowerment in series such as Girls and Sex and the City. Leah Haynes’ chapter “Girls and Postfeminism: the Free and Determined Woman”, for example, … Continue reading →

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