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media type="youtube" key="sYAdKDf1lDE" height="315" width="420" 1. I selected this clip because it reflects the growing problem in America today with alcholism and drugs. It reflects how a lot of our society is today, and definately shows how people do not care about how other react to their actions. 2. The girl who is in the intervention is dressed poorly, clearly showing that she does not care about how she looks. Her dad is shown to be wearing a collared shirt. The person who is running the intervention is there for her to go to treatment. She does not realize that if she doesn't go she could end up dieing due to alcohol poisoning. The alcoholic talks poorly, and rolls her eyes when her friend is trying to tell her how she feels. At the same time, her friend and parents are crying because of how much she means to them. 3. Well in most cases with this show, the parents facilitate their children with money or anything they need to deal with the addiction, and keep their child calm. It is almost as if the parents would rather pay to continue their childs addiction, rather than trying to put up with them being sober and trying to kick the addiction. This is a great example of how American families can be destroyed over something as simple as a drink.

[] 1. I selected this clip because Full House represents the American family in a non traditional way. It still has the wholeness of the American family, yet it is not your average family. I think even though it doesn't reflect physically the traditional American family, it still has many attributes to it that show its happiness. I think it is a reflection of the past, but with a little bit of modern family-ness to it. 2. Michelle is wearing a funky looking shirt, while Joey is wearing a button downed collared shirt. Joey being a good friend of Danny's, live down in the basement. He is just one of the three men that live there, but definately takes a part as a father figure to the three girls. All of the characters are singing along to baby beluga, which shows that they have a sort of bondage that is unique to their own family. 3. Danny, Jesse, and Joey are the three adults that make up the household. This is what makes it non-traditional but at the same time the way the children are raised makes it very traditional. Dj, Stefanie, and Michelle are the three daughters of Danny, who are unique in each way. The girls help out around the house alot, and the guys raise the girls. Danny likes to clean the house a lot. [] 1. I chose this clip because I used to watched The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air all the time when I was younger. This definately reflects the idea of the American family in the past because the Banks family is one of those all American, extremely wealthy and intelligent families. 2. Will and the rest of the family are present at the basketball game. They are there to cheer for him, just like any other family in the past would go to their childs game to take part in watching it. 3. Uncle Phill and Aunt Lillian make up the parents of the household, while the three children are theirs, Will is not. Back then it was not uncommon to have a family member live with you and in this case, Will is that person.