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Mass media portrayals of the working class
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The list Mass media portrayals of the working class includes
The Honeymooners, Last Man Standing, Raising Hope, Good Times and All in the Family.
The list consists of 58 members
and 18 sublists.
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The Honeymooners
American sitcom
Overview: The Honeymooners is an early American television sitcom created by—and starring—Jackie Gleason and based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of his variety show. It follows ...
Release date: 1 October 1955Genre: Comedy, FamilyDirector: Frank SatensteinCast: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Randolph, Jack Lescoulie, The June Taylor DancersProducer: Jack Hurdle, Jack PhilbinWriter: Jackie Gleason, Marvin MarxA bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience.
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O Hayat Benim
Turkish drama television series
Overview: O Hayat Benim (English title: That is my life) is a Turkish television drama series, originally broadcast on FOX from 2014 to 2017.
Genre: DramaDirector: Hamdi Alkan, Reyhan PekarProducer: Efe Irvül, Yasar IrvülWriter: Ali Ercivan, Can SinanBahar is a young humble girl who is adopted by a poor, but envious woman named Nuran and Ilias construction... 0
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Last Man Standing
American television sitcom
Overview: Last Man Standing is an American sitcom created by Jack Burditt for ABC, later airing on Fox. The show stars Tim Allen as an executive at a sporting goods store chain headquartered in Denver, Colorado ...
Director: John Pasquin, Victor GonzalezProducer: John Amodeo, Marty AdelstienWriter: Jack Burditt, Jon HallerA married father of three tries to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women. 0
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Raising Hope
American sitcom
Overview: Raising Hope is an American sitcom that aired from September 21, 2010 to April 4, 2014, on Fox. Following its first season, the show received two nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Martha ...
Release date: 1 September 2010Genre: Comedy, Drama, FamilyDirector: Eyal Gordin, Rebecca AsherCast: Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt, Shannon Woodward, Cloris Leachman, Bayley CrecutProducer: Kim Hamberg, Henry J. Lange Jr.Writer: Gregory Thomas Garcia, Elijah AronJimmy becomes a single parent to an infant after the mother he had a one-night stand with ends up on death row. 0
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Ugly Betty
2006 American dramedy television series
Overview: Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC between 2006 and 2010. It revolves around the character Betty Suarez, who despite ...
Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Victor Nelli Jr., James HaymanProducer: Salma Hayek, Silvio HortaWriter: Silvio Horta, Fernando GaitánA young, smart and wise woman named Betty Suarez goes on a journey to find her inner beauty. The only... 0
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The King of Queens
American sitcom for CBS (1998-2007)
Overview: The King of Queens is an American sitcom television series that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, for a total of nine seasons and 207 episodes. The series was created by ...
Release date: 21 September 1998Genre: ComedyDirector: Rob Schiller, James WiddoesProducer: Jeff Sussman, Tony SheehanWriter: David Litt, Michael J. WeithornDelivery man Doug Heffernan has a good life: He's got a pretty wife (Carrie), a big TV and friends to watch it with. Then Carrie's goofy and ... 0
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Good Times
American television show
Overview: Good Times is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman ...
Release date: 8 February 1974Genre: ComedyDirector: Gerren Keith, Herbert KenwithProducer: Allan Manings, Norman PaulWriter: Mike Evans, Norman LearA poor Afro-American family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects. 0
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All in the Family
American television series
Overview: All in the Family is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS for nine seasons, from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. Afterwards, it was produced as the continuation series Archie Bunker's Place ...
Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Paul Bogart, John RichProducer: Norman Lear, Brigit JensenWriter: Norman Lear, Johnny SpeightA working class bigot constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day. 0
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Riverdale
American teen drama television series
Overview: Riverdale is an American television series based on the characters of Archie Comics. The series was adapted for The CW by Archie Comics' chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and is produced by ...
Director: Gabriel Correa, Rob SeidenglanzProducer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg BerlantiWriter: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Arabella AndersonA subversive take on Archie and his friends, exploring small town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome facade. 0
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What's Happening!!
American television series
Overview: What's Happening!! is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976, to April 28, 1979, premiering as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure ...
Release date: 5 August 1976Genre: ComedyDirector: Mark Warren, Lee BernhardiProducer: Bernie Orenstein, Saul TurteltaubWriter: Dawn Aldredge, Richard BaerA trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in an inner city. 0
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Roseanne
American sitcom
Overview: Roseanne is an American sitcom television series created by Matt Williams and Roseanne Barr, which aired on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997, and briefly revived from March 27 to May 22, 2018 ...
Release date: 18 October 1988Genre: Drama, Comedy, FamilyDirector: Gail Mancuso, Andrew D. WeymanProducer: Tom Werner, Marcy CarseyWriter: Roseanne Barr, Matt WilliamsThe story of a working class family struggling with life's essential problems: Marriage, Children, Money and Parents in Law. 0
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Trailer Park Boys
Canadian mockumentary television series
Overview: Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian mockumentary television series created by Mike Clattenburg. A continuation of Clattenburg's 1999 film of the same title, the show follows the misadventures of a group of ...
Release date: 1 August 2001Director: Mike Clattenburg, Ron MurphyProducer: Gary Howsam, Mike SmithWriter: Mike Smith, Mike ClattenburgThree petty felons have a documentary made about their life in a trailer park. 0
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Roc
American comedy-drama tv series
Overview: Roc is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on Fox from August 25, 1991 to May 10, 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as ...
Release date: 24 August 1991Genre: ComedyDirector: Stan Lathan, Jeff MelmanProducer: Leo Clarke, Vic KaplanWriter: Stan Daniels, Vince CheungRoc Emerson, a city garbage collector, balances the pressures of work with the everyday crises of family... 0
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Kath & Kim
Australian comedy television series
Overview: Kath & Kim is an Australian situation comedy created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley, who portray the title characters of Kath Day-Knight, a cheery, middle-aged suburban mother, and Kim Craig, her self- ...Release date: 16 May 2002Genre: ComedyDirector: Ted EmeryProducer: Rick McKenna, Colleen MillingWriter: Gina Riley, Magda SzubanskiA mother, her daughter, and their respective "hunks of spunk" negotiate life in suburban Australia. 0
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Grace Under Fire
American sitcom
Overview: Grace Under Fire is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 29, 1993, to February 17, 1998. The show starred Brett Butler as a single mother learning how to cope with raising her three children ...
Release date: 29 September 1993Genre: Comedy, RomanceDirector: Michael Lessac, John BowabProducer: Marcy Carsey, Caryn MandabachWriter: Chuck Lorre, Paul RaleyGrace is a recovering alcoholic, now divorced from an abusive husband, struggling to bring up three children on her own. 0
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Real Women Have Curves
2002 comedy-drama film by Patricia Cardoso
Overview: Real Women Have Curves is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Patricia Cardoso, based on the play of the same name by Josefina López, who co-authored the screenplay for the film with George LaVoo ...
Release date: 13 January 2002Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Patricia CardosoProducer: Marilyn R. Atlas, Effie BrownWriter: Josefina Lopez, George LaVooThis is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a woman... 0
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North Country
2005 film by Niki Caro
Overview: North Country is a 2005 American drama film directed by Niki Caro, starring Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Monaghan, Jeremy Renner, Woody Harrelson, and Sissy ...
Release date: 12 September 2005Genre: DramaDirector: Niki CaroProducer: Helen Buck Bartlett, Doug ClaybourneWriter: Michael Seitzman, Clara BinghamA fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured ... 0
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Superstore
American comedy television series
Overview: Superstore is an American single-camera sitcom television series that premiered on NBC on November 30, 2015. The series was created by Justin Spitzer, who served as an executive producer for four seasons ...
Genre: ComedyDirector: Victor Nelli Jr., Matt SohnProducer: Josh Greene, Ruben FleischerWriter: Justin Spitzer, John KazlauskasA look at the lives of employees at a big box store. 0
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Silkwood
1983 biographic drama on Karen Silkwood and the nuclear industry directed by Mike Nichols
Overview: Silkwood is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Mike Nichols and starring Meryl Streep, Cher, and Kurt Russell. The screenplay by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen was inspired by the life of ...
Release date: 14 December 1983Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, HistoryDirector: Mike NicholsProducer: Larry Cano, Michael HausmanWriter: Nora Ephron, Alice ArlenA worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker ... 0
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Norma Rae
1979 film by Martin Ritt
Overview: Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. Based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton, which was told in the 1975 ...Genre: DramaDirector: Martin RittProducer: Harriet Frank Jr., Irving RavetchA young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved. 0
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