A Critical Analysis Of The Show Archer '

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Unable to find any two songs specific enough to compare I have decided to do a critical analysis essay on the show Archer, having just watched this show I was very interested in their writing, dialogue and underlying themes. They attack racism, sexism, women’s liberties, political discourse, and xenophobia in a refreshing way that can be mistaken by some as offensive and blunt. Especially in today’s society with the advancing in standards in political correctness, satirical shows such as Archer consistently toe the line and at times cross it and when these shows cross the line there is more often than not some form of outcry. However most of the intentions for most of these shows is comedy not aggression and with comedy often comes a platform …show more content…

As the first season goes on and Sterling continues to find his self in situations due to his arrogance and looks to the very people whose struggle he ignores and ridicules to help him solve his problem. This situation is an intriguing parallel to the bank bailouts in America, requiring the help and the use of taxes of the middle class’s money despite their policies that helped the banks’ executive staff become so wealthy. At first glance Archer truly does appear to be a television show about a carefree yet inexplicably competent espionage agency, and as the episodes progress and the layers begin to grow and develop you begin to see the façade of their competency fade away. ISIS, the agency, fails just about every mission they are hired for so much so that Mallory, Sterling’s mother, sends them on missions under false pretenses so that their failure works positively in their favor. Season 4 Episode 8 titled Coyote Lovely entails intricate manipulation done by Mallory. In one episode Sterling derails the mission for a woman he believes to be the perpetrator, but is essentially the key piece to the grander mission. Sterling falls head over heels when he sees her and offers to help her take the illegal immigrants across the border with her, and then ends up being shot and in the final three minutes of the episode the suspected perpetrator reveals that Sterling was just the essential piece in the game of chess that was the episode. Archer is an incredible satire of Modern America, so much so that there is an article discussing Archer’s satirical properties and the article is literally titled

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