Everybody Hates Chris Analysis

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Chris was my best friend as a kid. He often told me hilarious stories of his outrageous family, rundown neighborhood, and sympathetic, but extremely racist school. I always had my ears open to listen to him verbalize his complex life for many hours in a day, but our time unfortunately concluded and I wouldn’t see him as frequently anymore. During my adolescence, I made a new friend named April. She made me laugh so hard that I would burst into tears. Somehow, she discovered my dark sense of humor and her oddly monotoned voice made her lifestyle and persona intriguing, but after a couple of weeks her story finished and I was recommended to consume nine seasons filled with escapades of coworkers in an office. April Ludgate from Parks and Recreation and Chris from Everybody Hates Chris are more than just characters, they were my child hood friends. I would observe their frequent reruns and binge their shows multiple times. Not because I had nothing to do, but I found people who are just like me. I finally found my muse when I was a person with a voice, aching to be heard, but couldn’t find the …show more content…

It is a sense of escapism from the standard nine to five occupation or school day. However, lines spoken by an actors’ voice aren’t just words and sounds put together to pass time, but there are real people behind the keyboard of every script. These words crafted on paper symbolize the lives we live and the smallest details exude the emotions we go through as humans. A piece of dialogue isn’t just placed with a thunderstorm in the background to randomly change the look of a setting, but it’s a metaphor for devastation and heartbreak. It is a way to visualize how one may feel inside and can’t always be expressed orally. Writing is a captivating experience because I have the power to express the inexpressible and the ability to enrich the textures and colors of our

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