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International TV adaptions: comparing and contrasting
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 442163" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Yes. American sitcoms make aspiration part of the experience, while British counterparts openly mock the very idea (and how dare any central character want to succeed at something). It probably helps that we have a stricter and more tangible attachment to the class system which gives an embarrassment of riches. <em>Fawlty Towers, George & Mildred, The Good Life, To The Manor Born</em> et al. lean heavily into this, while it forms the very premise of <em>Keeping Up Appearances</em>.</p><p></p><p>Spoilt, entitled Rachel in <em>Friends</em> is a character who would be ripe for ritual humiliation in British Sitcom Land. Instead she betters herself, climbs the corporate ladder and gets her happy ending. Meanwhile, Basil and Hyacinth are not even permitted to host their planned upscale evenings without being put firmly in their place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 442163, member: 23"] Yes. American sitcoms make aspiration part of the experience, while British counterparts openly mock the very idea (and how dare any central character want to succeed at something). It probably helps that we have a stricter and more tangible attachment to the class system which gives an embarrassment of riches. [I]Fawlty Towers, George & Mildred, The Good Life, To The Manor Born[/I] et al. lean heavily into this, while it forms the very premise of [I]Keeping Up Appearances[/I]. Spoilt, entitled Rachel in [I]Friends[/I] is a character who would be ripe for ritual humiliation in British Sitcom Land. Instead she betters herself, climbs the corporate ladder and gets her happy ending. Meanwhile, Basil and Hyacinth are not even permitted to host their planned upscale evenings without being put firmly in their place. [/QUOTE]
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