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Friends
Strategies employed to keep TV sitcom "fresh" each season. Contends character-based format keeps show's appeal going.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages) | 1 source | 2001 United States


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"The television series Friends premiered in September 1994 and throughout the first six years of its run has used several strategies to keep the program fresh. On the one hand the series presents somewhat stereotyped characters in incidental situations that have no, or little, bearing on the future 'lives' of the characters. Thus anyone who did not regularly view the program would have no difficulty comprehending the nature of the not-bright-but-sweet Joey Tribbiani or Monica Geller's obsessive perfectionism and her strong urge to mother everyone else. An occasional viewer could enjoy these characters, therefore, in passing plots in which, for example, Rachel's boss wants to date Chandler, Joey goes on an unsuccessful audition, or Phoebe decides to become a Christmas fundraiser for a Salvation-Army-like group. On the other hand, the series creates extended story..."

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Friends (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Friends/10529

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"Friends" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Friends/10529>




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