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Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005)
Video | 62 min | Documentary

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Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005)

Video | 62 min | Documentary

Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk ...See moreBased on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows. Featuring interviews with media analysts and cultural historians, this documentary examines the patterns inherent in TV's disturbing depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants - stereotypical portrayals that reinforce the myth of meritocracy. Class Dismissed breaks important new ground in exploring the ways in which race, gender, and sexuality intersect with class, offering a more complex reading of television's often one-dimensional representations. The video also links television portrayals to negative cultural attitudes and public policies that directly affect the lives of working class people. Featuring interviews with Stanley Aronowitz, (City University of New York); Nickel and Dimed author, Barbara Ehrenreich; Herman Gray (University of California-Santa Cruz); Robin Kelley (Columbia University); Pepi Leistyna (University of Massachusetts-Boston) and Michael Zweig (State University of New York-Stony Brook). Also with Arlene Davila, Susan Douglas, Bambi Haggins, Lisa Henderson, and Andrea Press. Written by The Media Education Foundation See less

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Name	Known for
Stanley Aronowitz Self - Sociology, City University-New York (as Stanley Aranowitz) Self - Sociology, City University-New York (as Stanley Aranowitz) See fewer	Who Rules America (2012)
Edward Asner Narrator Narrator See fewer	Up (2009)
Roseanne Barr Self (archive footage) (as Roseanne) Self (archive footage) (as Roseanne) See fewer	Roseanne (1988)
George W. Bush Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Journeys with George (2002)
Bill Cosby Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Cosby Show (1984)
Arlene Davila Self - Anthropology, New York University Self - Anthropology, New York University See fewer	Brown Is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream (2007)
Ellen DeGeneres Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Susan Douglas Self - Communication Studies, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Self - Communication Studies, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor See fewer	TV Land Moguls (2004)
Barbara Ehrenreich Self - Author, Nickel & Dimed Self - Author, Nickel & Dimed See fewer	Jackson (2016)
Jeff Foxworthy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (I) (2007)
Herman Gray Self - Sociology, University of California-Santa Cruz Self - Sociology, University of California-Santa Cruz See fewer	Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005)
Bambi Haggins Self - Film / Video Studies, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Self - Film / Video Studies, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor See fewer	Why We Laugh: Funny Women (2013)
Lisa Henderson Self - Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Self - Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst See fewer	Beyond the Straight and Narrow: Queer and Trans Television in the Age of Streaming (2023)
Robin D.G. Kelley Self - History, Columbia University (as Robin D. G. Kelley) Self - History, Columbia University (as Robin D. G. Kelley) See fewer	The Commish (1991)
Pepi Leistyna Self - Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts-Boston Self - Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts-Boston See fewer	Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005)
George Lopez Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	George Lopez (2002)
Andrea Press Self - Communications Research, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana Self - Communications Research, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana See fewer	Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005)
Dan Rather Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	CBS Evening News with Dan Rather (1981)
Karl Rove Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Poodle Samizdat (2006)
Will Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Jerry Springer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Domino (2005)
Lindsay Taylor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Michael Zweig Self - Director, Center for Study of Working Class Life Self - Director, Center for Study of Working Class Life See fewer	Now on PBS (2002)