The Acceptance Of Cliches In The Modern Family TV Show

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Modern Family

The series, Modern Family, shows a typical extended family, where parents and kids share their stories together as a one big, happy family. As any other family, the characters in the story would have happy, sad and crazy moments together. It all started with Jay Pritchette (Ed O’Neil), who is the oldest in the family and he is the father of the whole clan. He had two children which is, Claire (Julie Brown) and Mitchell Pritchette (Jesse Tyler Fugerson). They soon got married and had families of their own. Jay soon remarried a Colombian, young woman named Gloria Delgado (Sofia Vergara) and she also had a son named Manny Delgado (Rico Rodriguez). Although the episodes of Modern Family have too many cliches in their roles, Modern Family is an outstanding sitcom because it has received many Emmy awards, the clever quips, and the phenomenal flow of the story.
Many of the times, Modern Family has a lot of cliches; for example: Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell), Claire’s husband, always try to figure out what’s going on with his two daughters and a youngest son, his plans always gets him into trouble and it turns out a disaster, but in the end, he ends up understanding his children’s situation and gives them a make up hug. Even though the show has too many cliches, the emotions and situation of the whole family is very realistic and …show more content…

According to an article, people crave the old fashion sitcoms and movies, the fact that it showed a lot more content and originally funny, not using any sexual jokes. The directors know that people nowadays use their phones, tablets and laptop a lot, the fact that technology is moderately affecting our communications with our loved ones and friends. They want it to seem that they are a real family rather than just another TV

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