HuluMarried... with Children (1987)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.9
Overview
Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.
Starring Cast
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Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Overview
Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
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Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The show primarily functions as a cynical satire of American suburban life, consumerism, and traditional family values, critiquing societal norms without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or offering an ideological solution.
The series features a traditional casting approach with a predominantly white main cast, consistent with the era it was produced. Its narrative, while satirical of traditional family dynamics and gender roles, does not explicitly critique or negatively portray traditional identities in a manner driven by DEI themes.
Secondary
Married... with Children occasionally featured LGBTQ+ themes, primarily using them as a source of crude humor. Depictions often relied on stereotypes and Al Bundy's discomfort, presenting gay identity as a punchline rather than with dignity or complexity. The overall portrayal leaned towards mockery and lacked affirming elements.
The show frequently satirizes the superficiality and hypocrisy of its characters' engagement with Christian cultural practices, particularly around holidays, highlighting their materialism and lack of genuine spiritual adherence. The narrative consistently uses these contexts to expose human flaws without offering any positive counter-narrative for the faith itself.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Married... with Children is an original sitcom, not an adaptation or reboot of pre-existing material. Its main characters were created for the show and did not have prior canonical or historical genders to be swapped from.
Married... with Children is an original sitcom that premiered in 1987. It does not adapt characters from prior source material, historical records, or earlier screen versions. Therefore, no characters had a pre-established race to be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
8.1
7.7
Critic Ratings
N/A
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