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This paper reviews the American sitcom "All in the Family" which aired from 1971 to 1979. The author compares the dysfunctional Bunker family's worldview to a Christian perspective. Archie Bunker, the main character, is portrayed as a bigoted, politically conservative man with prejudices against those unlike him. In contrast to Christian values, the Bunker family lacks moral ethics. In one episode, Edith ignores her doctor's advice to rest and overexerts herself preparing for a party, becoming ill and dying, highlighting the family's lack of a Christian worldview. While more realistic than shows from the author's childhood like "Ozzie and Harriet", the author believes "All in the Family
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Family television review
- 1. Dennis S. DeAngelo April 8, 2011 CWV-101 Christian Worldview Kristan Farley All in the Family In this paper I am going to review the American sitcom All in the Family which aired from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979. I will be comparing the aspects and elements of the Bunker family in contrast of their worldview to that of a Christian faith. This television sitcom showed a more dysfunctional type of family which had opinions that I believe were not always Christian based. The comedy was based mostly around Archie Bunker, a working class World War II veteran who was a very outspoken bigot. Archie was very prejudiced against anyone who was not a U.S. born citizen. His character was portrayed as a politically conservative, heterosexual white Anglo-Saxon Protestant male. He was very outspoken against anyone who did not believe in his views. In comparison with Christian worldview, there werent any moral ethics or standards. Archie has a little bit of Secular Humanism within him as far as knowledge using information of knowledge for Christian beliefs, then he also shows Atheistic Existentialism somewhat to their aspect for solutions to human problems where he believes his choices for living and desires had some impact on himself and the world around him .In this particular episode, Archie wanted his wife Edith to do a lot of cooking and preparing for a St. Patrick's Day party that was going to be held at the tavern that Archie owned. Archie was married to a woman named Edith who was completely different than Archie she was always there for him being sweet and understanding also showing somewhat how she was a
- 2. na誰ve wife. There also was a only child Gloria who was married to a character named Michael who Archie called meathead. Gloria was just a normal early thirty some -year-old with regular Christian values. Archie always picked on Michael because he was in college and it would work and wasn't the Polish ancestry. As it was getting close to preparing for the St. Patrick's Day party coming up Edith was not feeling very well and went to see Dr. Davis her family physician, who told her that he was worried about her health and she should slow down and take it easy. Edith knew how much this St. Patty's day party meant to Archie and did not tell him what the doctor had advised. Edith kept on doing a lot of cooking and preparing for the party. Then she became sick and went upstairs to the bedroom, Archie went up to see what was going on realized how bad she was laying next to her in bed and she passed away. This was the last episode of All in the Family and I felt very emotional to this ending. In some ways to worldview aspect of this family was not Christian at all is Archie only believes in one religion. Edith how we stood by Archie very seldom getting to express her feelings. This family did not really impact my view of what a family should be because I have different beliefs so it was really a negative influence of my personal values. Overall my conclusion of a sitcom such as All in the family could be influential to someone growing up in that era. In contrast to when I was being raised I was born in 1952, the type of sitcoms back then were things like Ozzie and Harriet where Ozzie with the one who went out and earn a living and Harriet just stay home and clean the house and cooked. There were never any types of disputes or arguments everything was just portrayed as this is the way American lifestyle was. In reality that wasn't really the way it ended up to be for most families or the way
- 3. my family was. Ozzie and Harriet was basically a Christian character family. Now with Archie Bunker and that whole sitcom was more realistic to the way the American family was portrayed. All in all I am very happy to see and know that my grandchildren are being raised with Christian values. My daughter and son-in-law monitor what my grandchildren are involved with and what they do with their lives.