Movie Review All In The Family (1971)
All in the family, the American sitcom was first broadcasted in January 12th 1971 on the CBS television network and ended in April 8th 1979. The movie was written and produced by Norman Lear. The movie showed a blue-collar worker and his family. It changed the face of television and became a landmark series through incorporating new elements such as realistic characters, frank dialogue, mature themes and issues that were socially sensitive. These issues include social and political topics such as racism, rape, and the rights of women. Archie Bunker from Queens has opinions that are socially conservative which hilariously and frequently class with those of Stivic Meathead Mike his son-in-law and daughter Gloria.
Edith, a traditional woman is the wife of Bunker, who has suffered for long (Kasindorf, 1973. the episode mainly address the various situations where Archie is to confront his prejudices. for instance during the his travel with Gloria and Mike in search for a house, Archie warns Gloria on the train not to sit near wonos or perverts. this alludes that he is in a place lived by African Americans. Archie frequently express his beliefs but their impacts are decreased through his hilarious malapropisms and illogical reasoning.
This TV series presents enables me to understand the images on how the American society was in the past. the gains of Archie is through the spic (Hispanics), the Hebes (Jews), and the Spades (Blacks) that came at his expense and from other whites of lower middle class level. Edith endured the tirades of Archie in a way to a avoid confrontation. However for mike and Gloria there was constant confrontations that served as the main theme in all in the Family.
The series seems to show the breaking prime of the previous times of unbreakable taboos. This therefore clearly depicts the confrontation with family values and beliefs which are to be passed from one generation to another. Archie therefore did not manage to make his family live a family life he expected, thus indicating the fall of traditions. This is different from modern day values of a family. Everyone is free to air out his or her wishes instead of abiding to the old days rules.
Families today can learn a lot from this series despite of the time set being in the 1970s. The story seems to qualify to the modern standards such as the sound of toilet flushing which had not been shown before. I remember my father discussing they prejudice that Archie had to me and by two your siblings and this helped us to put the story within the context and to understand the kind of humor presented in this show.
This series had a positive impact to my own beliefs concerning a family. It truly reflects on where we stand as a nation. That intense nature of society has washed away as well as the social fervent issues presented in the show (Internet Movie Database, 2007). We as a country have becoming accepting to the social changes that take place just like Archie Bunker who changed from being nearly hostile towards some people in the early years to becoming more tolerable to these people towards the end of the series.
Reference
Internet Movie Database (2007) All in the Family. Retrieved from
http://www.imdb.com/
On July 13, 2012
Kasindorf, M (1973) Archie and Maude and Fred and Norman and Alan, New York Times Magazine.
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