Analysis of Women´s roles in the TV show Married with Children and The Bing Bang Theory

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In the T.V. Show “The Big Bang Theory,” woman are shown to have more realistic and complex roles than in the T.V. Show “Married with Children.” We will be looking at the different female roles in both “The Big Bang Theory” that started on television in 2007, and “Married with Children,” that first aired in 1987. We will see in to the realistic side of the characters by looking at their attitudes and attire, and how their roles are complex by looking at their ambitions and jobs in the work place. Peggy Bundy, From “Married with Children,” was born and raised in a fictitious county of Wanker, Wisconsin. She is often selfish and lazy. According to Gree443,who wrote Peggy Bundy-Fictional characters wiki-wikia “She refuses to cook or clean the house, and prefers looking for new clothes to washing them.” An exurb from the T.V. Show shows a conversation between Peg and her husband, Al, really brings to light Peggy's attitude toward her family, “Peg! If you keep shopping at that new mall, we'll be broke and living under the 'L'!” “Not me. I can always divorce you and remarry.” Peggy dresses in the style of 1960-70's, skin tight spandex pants with very low cut blouses. She has a very unique walk due to her high stiletto heels and her dyed red hair in a 1950-60's bouffant. The only make up that can be seen is bright red lipstick, and big earrings. If Peggy has any ambitions, she reached them in high school when she married her high school boyfriend, the football quarterback. She spends her days sitting on the family couch watching day time television, such as Oprah, Phil Donahue, and The Home Shopping Network. ... ... middle of paper ... ...d. Web. 31 Mar. 2014. . Kelly Bundy (Character) - Quotes- IMDb. Internet Movie Database, 1990. Web. 2014. . Kelly Bundy-married with children wiki-wikia. Wikipedia, 16 Mar. 2014. Web. 31 Mar. 2014. . Marcy Rhoades-D'Arcy (character)-IMDb. Internet Movie Database, 2014. Web. 30 Mar. 2014. . Peggy Bundy(character)IMDb. Internet Movie Database, n.d. Web. 31 Mar. 2014. . Peggy Bundy (Character) - Quotes_IMDb. Internet Movie Database, 1990. Web. 2014. . Peggy Bundy-Fictional characters wiki-wikia. Wikipedia, 3 Jan. 2014. Web. 31 Mar. 2014. .

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