Uncomfortable TV

[Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt]

Paul Mackin writes:

> Doesn't the TV show "Married with Children" deserve a bit of notice
> discomfortwise. It's as subversive of conventional family values as you 
> can decently get. No incest yet as far as I've noticed but just wait.  

I think the key is "as you can decently get". Chaucer at times was more 
'uncomfortable'. (I suppose it depends on the audience, though.) I'd 
be very surprised if incest ever occurred in Married with Children. I'd 
be surprised if so much as a little adultery ever happened. The 
writers of these kinds of shows probably have a whole list of no-nos 
stuck up on the wall. Ditto for The Simpsons.

hg
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