O.K. it is sweeps week, that means it is the best time on television. That being said I am going with another T.V. show this week, and there will probably be a couple more before the week is out. At first I wanted to talk about the remake of one of my favorite childhood shows “V”, but then I watched the season finale of one of the best new shows of 2009/2010. I knew that this was the show I needed to focus on. I don’t think that I have met one person that has seen this new comedy that hasn’t said the word “I love Modern Family”.
The documentary style format isn’t new, but the non-stop hilarity of the Pritchetts and Dunpheys is delightfully new, and continues with every episode. The best thing about this show is that it delicately walks the line of the over the top comedy and totally unbelievable ridiculous family stories that actually happen to all of us.
It truly is the modern family. Jay is married to his second wife, Gloria, and her son from a previous marriage is Manny. Jay’s daughter Claire is married to Phil and they have three kids, Haley, Alex, and Luke. Jay’s son Mitchell is gay and he and his life partner Cameron have an adopted Asian daughter Lilly.
Each character has its own jagged piece of a dominating personality that fits in perfectly together to complete the perfect puzzle. (Forgive the imagery). Claire is a perfectionist, Phil is permanently optimistic, Haley is a typical teenage girl, and Alex is an extremely intelligent girl that is happy to remind all those around her with little quips, and mind games, Luke reminds us that ignorance is bliss. Jay wants to enjoy his young second wife, and the life he’s built for himself. Gloria is happy to have love in her life rather then a man with looks and a sense of adventure, Manny is the most mature kid in television history. Mitchell is a workaholic that still searches for his father’s approval; Cam has an undying lust for life, both are doting fathers to put it lightly, and Lilly, well she’s still a baby, but I am very excited for what the writers have in store for her when she does utter her first word.
The subtle and delicate issues that each family member possess in their own psyche make them the flawed enjoyable characters that we can identify with now matter what age you are. Through all the idiocy, and neurotic behavior the entire endearing group makes you do two things for a half an hour, …….simply smile! ……& ………laugh out loud!.
If you haven’t watched it then find it. Then laugh, then message me back and say …DANG!!!.......That was a funny ass show. So join the ranks of the “Modern Family”, and unveil the jagged peaces of your personality without fear so that your edges will fit perfectly into the Modern Family puzzle. Then again what family isn’t a puzzle? And when you can put all those pieces together flawlessly it will almost always result in a masterpiece, like ABC’s Modern Family.
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