“All in the Family” can be compared with a modern day TV show called “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”. These two shows have many similarities. For instants they are both family based shows that teach lessons of what was happening in the society. Both dealt with pressing issues that were important to the time it was produced. All in the Family just like Secret Life deals with a characters sexuality. This has always been an issue in our society. Both shows are based on a family that tries to reenact an average American family of that day and age.
“All in the Family”, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” is different in some of the topics they cover. Where “All in the Family” focused more on the day to day troubles “Secret Life” focused more on one problem for a long period of time, one being teenage pregnancy, which is a much bigger problem now than it was in the time of “All in the Family”. “All in the Family” was more of a comedy that drove home a lesson, where “Secret Life” is a drama that tries to drive a point home.
“All in the Family” dealt with issues that effective more than one person emotionally and physically. It taught morals and values to young children watching the show. Family based shows today such as “Secret Life” show the results and ugly truth of the products of your actions and those effects on the people around you.
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