Author Archives: Meredith Emerson
#BoycottBigBrother: the reality show’s brush with censorship
After ten years of Big Brother on Channel 4, the reality show became a smash hit because of its raw, human, yet dramatized portrayal of a social experiment: placing sixteen people living in the UK, from all walks of life, into one house. Throughout the show they are given tasks and spoken to by the […]
A note on the character assassination of women in sitcoms
The sitcom, or situational comedy, is a genre beloved by many, perhaps for the nostalgic comfort they provide to people in their twenties who often get told “don’t worry – you’re only in your second season of Friends”, when stressed about what they’ve achieved in life. I’ve personally consumed many a sitcom, and love them […]
