Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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The sounds of summer

Deceiving as the title may be, this post isn't actually about the music of the summer, but rather the entertainment I've surrounded myself thus far. As the boredom is slowly creeping it's way into my life after the high adrenaline exams, I've been watching a few television shows to change the pace and have a good laugh once in awhile. Two shows that have particularly stood out to me so far is Modern Family and Arrested Development. Modern family is a relatively new show with the pilot episode being in 2009 and successfully completing its second season this year. The major plot line being around a "modern" yet some what dysfunctional family. A very satirical approach at looking at the American dream, the shows focuses on 3 main families. The first family is a wealthy business owner into his sixties indulging himself with a beautiful young Columbian wife and her son, the second family consists of a gay couple raising a Vietnamese child, and finally the third family encompassing almost every aspect of the American dream with the soccer mom, middle working class husband and three children. My favourite aspect of the show however, has to be the characters that bring to life the comedy and humor behind each and every scene. Each character has some major faults and although expressed in different ways, affect the other members of the family on a hilariously but also urgent level.

In comparison, the second show "Arrested Development" is similar to modern family in that it is also revolving around a big family, although the Bluth family in Arrested Development is much more dysfunctional, similarities can be drawn both physically and through the humor. Interestingly, the characters in A.D. (Arrested Development) are much more developed than the somewhat shallow characters in modern family, and also builds around a much darker undertone. The amount of frustration and face palming I went through watching the first season of AD was all the more proof that is was captivating and hysterical. The plot of AD centers around the Bluth family company, a big developer for building houses around the United States. After the father (President of the company) is arrested for fraud and other illegal activities, his son Michael Bluth is forced to become the new President and keep is selfish money hungry family together. The main irony in the show is the emphasis on family - almost every episode, the phrase "family first" is mentioned yet relationships they share can hardly be called a family. I have yet to finish the series, once I do I'm sure I'll have a much better and complete opinion about it.

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