"Shameless" was originally a British TV show airing in 2004, but was adapted in America in 2011 by director, writer, and producer John Wells. Shameless depicts a poor, dysfunctional family on the south side of Chicago. Frank Gallager is the neglectful father of six: Fiona, Phillip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam. Frank spends his days at the bar or in search of money while the kids learn to take care of themselves. Fiona Gallager is the oldest child and main character who takes on the role of being a mother to her siblings. Their real mother, Monica, is a mentally ill addict who means well but is rarely present. With 11 seasons, Shameless dives into many heavy topics without sugarcoating anything, while maintaining a humorous atmosphere. Many people like this show for its coverage of real-life topics like family dysfunction, poverty, …show more content…
Shameless showcases the harsh reality of many struggling families who were dealt a "bad" hand in life but show resilience through their bonds and growth as individuals. On the other hand, it also showcases individuals who go down bad paths in life and face the real consequences. The official rating of R is honest and accurate because the show is admittedly raunchy and not something you would want to watch with a young child. Jennifer Vineyard, a movie critic, says that what kept her watching shamelessly wasn't Frank's "never-ending search for the next free drink and his continual hatching of implausible get-rich-quick schemes" but "the ways in which his children tried to navigate the world in his absence." She also says that while "Shameless offers a ton of fascinating and complex characters in its South Side ecosystem" she really favored Fiona, like many other fans. She calls Fiona a "working-class Katniss Everdeen" who glued the family together for the first nine
During the Christmas party with Carla’s family and Danny, he drinks a lot to be brave enough to show his love to Carla. When he talks about their first sexual experience up on the stage in the party, Carla breaks down to tears and starts screaming at everyone to stop laughing. Even though Danny does not intend to embarrass Carla, she refuses to see her and Danny runs away. On the wedding day of Carla’s engaged older sister, Caroline, Danny surprises Carla at the church and asks Carla to marry
Cousin Rachel- She's one on Aunt Caroline's daughters . She changes dramatically . From the girl who dreamed of getting married to despising it
The film Clueless praises the white rich feminine voice. The film begins with high school students from Beverly Hills shopping, partying, and spending money as the kids in America. This economic capital is unrealistically flaunted as the normal life of a teenage girl. Cher’s father, as a lawyer, earns $500 per hour. His occupation allows Cher to have a jeep, designer clothes. Her economic status puts her at the top of the academic social hierarchy. Her persuasiveness and popularit...
The show Shameless is about a dysfunctional family belonging to Frank Gallagher who is a single father of six. Frank Gallagher is an alcoholic and drug addict that has left his family no choice, but to learn how to take care of themselves. The family is a low class caucasian family that has been taught to steal and lie for a living. Fiona the oldest child being the age of 25, is a highschool dropout that has learned how to take care of her siblings like a mother. When her father is out getting drunk at the bar and causing problems for everyone, it’s Fiona to the rescue to try and fix the problems that her deadbeat father has caused for the family. The family has been through alot, but they all stick together and have eachothers
He’s living a double life as well, he’s having an affair with his babysitter and he is lying about it. Frank has been lying about his double life to everybody, especially to his wife. The only person he has told was Kenny and Kenny doesn’t know how to keep his mouth closed. Frank finally admits to Tub at the restaurant about his lifestyle he has been living back at home with his baby’s babysitter, Roxanne Brewer, whose only fifteen years old. Frank claims he’s in love with this young lady and admits that his wife at the time was on thirteen when they first got together. The situation that Frank’s self-absorption is dealing with is the kind where he is going to keep all the secrets to himself because he doesn’t want to be judged by everyone else. He rather keep his life a secret because he knows what the outcome would be if he tells everyone what’s really going on behind closed doors. He would most definitely be called a pedophile. By him finally telling Tub about this he finally feels like a burden is taken off his shoulders by not keeping this secret no
Is High School football a sport, or is it more than that to some people? Recent newspaper headlines include such items as coaches abusing student athletes; fathers of athletes murdering coaches, and mother’s disabilitating cheerleading candidates to assure their daughters make the cheerleading team. In Odessa, Texas high school football is a major contributor to the society of a small town in Texas society. Every Friday night, 50,000 people fill the stadium to see high school students put their lives on the line to win a football game. H. G. Bissinger writes a novel called Friday Night Lights, about a year in 1988 where High School players prepare and play on the High School team, and what an impact they have on a small city in Texas.
Shameless is an American TV series based on the self-destructive and dysfunctional family of Frank Gallagher, a single father of six children. The program is set in Chicago and illustrates a story of an alcoholic father who spends his day getting drunk, while his kids learn to take care of themselves. Fiona, the eldest daughter, takes responsibility upon herself at the age of 15 to become the caretaker of the family both physically and financially. Although the Gallagher’s do not have the structure of a nuclear family, they still hold the functionalist perspective of having a matriarchal family system, with the sister leading the family. They fit with the functionalist theory, however not in the generic stance of having a mother and a father
In the essay “Shame”, by Dick Gregory, the author narrates how two painful experiences during his childhood reflected how difficult it was to grow up as a poor African American. Gregory was ashamed of being on welfare and of his poverty, so much so that he got of rid of the warm hooded mackaw he received because it was a reminder that he and his family were on relief. Gregory also expresses his embarrassment, shame, and desire to hold onto his dignity throughout it all. In the essay “I Became Her Target”, by Roger Wilkins, the author describes how it was difficult for him to break the ice with his classmates because he was a new student in school. In fact, Wilkins was the only black student in this new school which only worsened the situation. Moreover, he was the target of both
Emma Woodhouse of the Jane Austen novel Emma, is part of the rich, upscale society of a well off village in nineteenth century England, while Cher Horowitz the main character of the movie version Clueless, lives in the upscale Beverly Hills of California. The Woodhouse family is very highly looked upon in Highbury, and Cher and her father are also viewed as the cultural elite. The abuse of power and wealth, arrogance, and a lack of acceptance all prove that the class status of these families plays a significant role in the shaping of both the novel and the video.
In order to complete an analysis of a television show through six basic theoretical approaches, I chose to use the pilot episode of Gossip Girl due to its strong representation of class differences. In this episode, the interesting characters of the Upper East Side are introduced and viewers begin to get a sense of the lifestyles that they live. From the elite, to the middle class, issues and attitudes are established. All of the main characters attend an established private high school and seem to backstab each other as a form of entertainment. The main issues of this first episode are Serena sleeping with her best friend’s boyfriend, Lower class Dan’s infatuation with the upper class Serena, and Chuck being an overall bad person and predator towards women.
In the movie “Silence of the Lambs”, the secondary antagonist, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, was interrogated by FBI trainee Clarice Starling on the whereabouts of the main antagonist nicknamed Buffalo Bill. Starling asked Lecter for his help on solving the case because he is a brilliant psychiatrist and psychopath, currently incarcerated at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Buffalo Bill was kidnapping young women and skinning them in order to make a “woman suit” for him to wear, being a deranged transvestite. Starling asked for Lecter’s expertise because of his medical background and experience with his own personal disorder. Lecter was presently imprisoned because he is a ruthless cannibalistic serial killer. Before the audience actually meets Lecter, they are told he is dangerous, manipulative and an outright monster, calling him a “most prized asset”. Upon meeting him, Lecter appears to be subdued within his cell, a combined mixture of oddness and genuine care in his body language and facial features. When Starling introduces herself, Lecter listens intently, seemingly approachable and friendly for advice. Although the tone of his voice gives off a rather disturbing persona, he can easily be categorized as a disciplined, cultural and polite individual at first glance. In the 16 minutes total that Lecter appears in the movie, his presence automatically commandeers the flow of the conversation and mood of the environment that he is placed in.
" Silence of the Lambs " is a classic of the genre which is a thriller. A cult film which signed up in history of cinema. A masterpiece performed by Anthony Hopkins. The film is based on the book by Thomas Harris of the same name (Harris, 1988) . Although it was filmed in 1991, it remains one of the best psychological thrillers ever made. Jonathan Demme's film goes beyond the classical framework of the genre, playing with intellect viewer with associations . The movie surprises, though, even the predictability becomes a attractive - predictable places, characters, and events. Demme's film is in my opinion a great movie of crime, derived many, many of the thriller which has many unusual psychological content . Rarely do you find in contemporary cinema so well drawn characters, so scary and fascinating look of evil .
The influence of the media on women is not unknown, but it was especially prevalent in the 1960s. According to David Croteau and William Hoynes, both professors of sociology, “Media images of women and men reflect and reproduce a whole set of stereotypical but changing gender roles” (quoted in Mahrdt 1) and, as society changes and opinions are altered, television shows adapt. However, the television show Mad Men is unique because it does not show life today, but the life of the 1960s. It shows what life was like for the women who lived during a time when the “feminine mystique” controlled society.
What lies in the world of politics is a world of fear. Or so for the ones who cross Francis Underwood, the main character in the Netflix original series, House of Cards. As season one starts off, Francis Underwood captures the true essence of what the entire show is about, “There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong, or useless pain. The sort of pain that's only suffering. I have no patience for useless things”(Script: reddit.com). As he finishes this line he brutally kills a dog lying on the street, who had just been injured after being hit by a car. He continues on, “Moments like this require someone like me. Someone who will act. Who will do what no one else has the courage to do. The unpleasant thing. The necessary thing” (Script: reddit.com). Through persuasion, manipulation and down right corrupt politics, House of Cards displays a unique spin on the world in Washington, one that some may believe not to be far from the truth.
“Year after year, twenty-something women come to New York City in search of the two L's: labels and love” is the very catchy line that opens the film with Fergie’s ‘Labels or Love’ as the soundtrack and The Big Apple as its introductory shot. The scaling deduced from the bird’s eye-view-point of New York City, showing its Metropolitan atmosphere with skyscrapers and the famous Brooklyn Bridge; to the urbanites of the City; then to the lead actors of the film. A fifteen year-old girl watches the film, mesmerizing the ecstatic city while admiring the skinny white bodies of the ladies. And last but never forgotten, she gets carried away with the funky upbeat rhythm of the song emphasizing “Gucci, Fendi, [and] Prada . . .” That is the introduction of Sex and the City and the focus of its cinematography. With its elements, the movie can honestly influence teenage girls. Yet as much as critics such as Maya Gordon of Psychology of Women Quarterly say how media contributes to the sexual objectification and values women “based on their appearance,” this film should be an exemption.