Article Summary: Modern Family

Modern Family: Article Summary
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Modern Family: Article Summary
Part A
The main idea of each paragraph has been outlined below, beside the paragraph number.
Growing fear among network producers that the family sitcom is losing marketability.
Network producers facing problems in producing family based content.
Dramatic reality TV shows antagonizing the relevance humor from family based TV shows.
Lloyd’s Modern Family challenged a growing notion that family sitcom was no longer relevant comic.
Modern Family rebrand the sitcom through modern family experiences.
Modern Family is based on the three basic units of an extended family.
Modern Family seems to introduce a revolutionary sitcom in the industry.
The Modern Family show depicts both normative and non-normative TV family traditions.
Remediation entails representing both new and old forms, as adopted by the movie Modern Family.
The concept of remediation has for long remained to be important in movie production.
The format of the show, Modern Family alienates it from its predecessors.
The show, Modern Family also exhibits components adopted in previous shows within the genre.
The show’s Nineties sitcom proofs conservatism.
Family and relationships in the TV show depict the interaction between traditional and modern sitcoms
Use of ethnic jokes is conventional, however, certain elements set the show apart.
A sense of typical family communication is developed in the TV show.
The inclusion of gender normative roles within the context of gay relationship defines remediation.
The show surpasses traditional cues like the gender based mother figure role.
The mix of traditionalism and modernity is a perfect case of remediation as portrayed in the show.
Part B
The relevance of traditional family based comics is shown to have been threatened by the popularity of dramatic reality TV shows. However, the advent of the TV show Modern Family is shown to have changed the notion. Lloyd’s Modern Family is firmly based on the concepts remediation. The show borrows from both traditional and modern technical and cultural views. The end result is one of the most celebrated, iconized and also criticized family based comic TV show
Part C
Task One
Reading through Christina M. LaVecchia’s article on the remediation of the family's sitcom TV show series, it is entirely convincing that the popular TV series, Modern Family has played an essential role of rebranding and reviving family based shows. The author begins by providing evidence on how family TV shows had started to lose appeal to the target audience and network producers. The growing popularity of TV shows like The Office and Parks and Recreation was a clear sign that the focus had shifted to other livelihoods. LaVecchia takes a step further to provide an in-depth analysis on how Modern Family managed to portray a dramatic, comic and yet accurate reflection of a today’s contemporary modern family.
Lloyd’s Modern Family did not find the appeal to the consumers by completely transitioning from traditionalism to modernity. According to LaVecchia, the show is grounded on normative family dynamic. The author explores issues like heteronormative families. Two out of three families that feature in the movies are heterogeneous. On the same note, the typical non-pronounced family based norms continue to emerge through the show. For instance, the level of authority and respect depicted in the series is pretty close to what can be seen in a traditional family setting.
In the article, the author slowly shifts and develops focus on mild genre rem...