The hardest thing about comedy TV is getting it right.

Mara 2022-09-26 09:58:43

Lots of laughs. From the complexity of these three families. Not only differences in race, nationality, but also in family background, many factors have led to conflicts between family members and family members.

All kinds of incomprehension, all kinds of thinking differences, each episode begins with internal and external contradictions of one or three families, and ends with a perfect ending.
A pair of homosexuals, a pair of old and young, a pair of obsessive-compulsive disorder and childhood ADHD match.
There is also a Vietnamese baby, a Latino son who always pretends to be an adult. The three children are even more peculiar: one is precocious and rebellious, one is introverted and nerdy, and the other is a live-action version of ADHD and his head sometimes short-circuits. The reason I like this drama is that when the characters in it are living their lives seriously, when the couples in it are in conflict, and the scenes are awkward and warm scene after scene. We can also understand the true meaning of family in our laughter.

These diverse families have many conflicts in their daily behaviors and thoughts due to the great differences in historical background, origin, skin color and cultivation environment, and it is these conflicts that cause the emergence of comic effects. So the key is here, how to really turn these conflicts into comedy. This is very skillful, because if it is not done well, it will cause the following two problems:
1. Excessive emphasis on differences, there will be suspicion of discrimination, such as the accent of the gloria's Latin ethnic group, and the excessive setting of homosexuality
2. If To avoid talking about it, it seems unreal
. So I think the two directors must have experienced such a life and have drawn a lot of material from life. And it should be noted that, based on this diversity, in the three families, if they are fully integrated, and almost every episode tells about a theme, this is a very test of the effect.

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Modern Family quotes

  • Phil Dunphy: Gotta fix that step.

  • Gloria Delgado-Pritchett: Family is family. Whether it's the one you start out with, the one you end up with, or the family that you gain along the way.