Compare And Contrast Modern Family And The Brady Bunch

Compare and Contrast paper In the last fifty years television has evolved tremendously, especially sitcoms. For example, in 1969 The Brady Bunch aired a show that featured two broken families coming together to form a seemingly ‘perfect’ blended one. The television show emphasized the importance of appreciating your loved ones, as well as surmounting challenges that teenagers face in everyday life. In 2009, the perhaps ‘modern’ Brady Bunch aired on ABC, Modern Family. This show focuses on three families, and highlights non-traditional families, illustrating that there is no ‘perfect’ family. In the forty nine year gap between the two programs, social and cultural issues such as gay marriage, adoption, and multicultural marriages have made

During the air time of The Brady Bunch, 1969 until it was cancelled in 1972, major historical events occurred such as the Vietnam War, the Watergate Scandal, and the terrorists attack at the Olympic games in Munich. It is made clear that The Brady Bunch tended to dodge most social and cultural issues that took place during the run time of the series. Issues concerning gender equality and women's rights were very rarely discussed exclusively between brother and sister arguments. In contrast, Modern Family includes current social, cultural, and political issues in their episodes. In fact, as of June 26, 2015 the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, not too long after an episode of Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker, two homosexual men, airs on television showing their wedding ceremony. Later the two men adopt a child together. Another key point in Modern Family is the multicultural marriage between Gloria and husband Jay Pritchett. Jay is a sixty-five year old white male, married to a Colombian woman who is significantly younger in age. Marriages featuring homosexuals, multicultural couples, or a significant age gap would have been considered unacceptable fifty years