The media on television is starting to reflect what is happening in the real world. The event they are starting to portray is the recession. They are doing this mainly through the television. Many of these are done through tv series. Some of these are the show "Glee" which is about a struggling teacher who has to help pay for the choir program because of the economy cutting down school money supply, but he earns his added income by taking a second job as the school’s after hours janitor. Another one is "The Middle" that is about a struggling mom who has a low income, and has to provide for her family. This all due to the economy.
I think this is a very accurately portrayed article about the economy. Severely shows have become more realistic in that sense, however, i do not see the necessity of the portrayal of the recession. Whether, the recession is portrayed or not in television shows, its still occurring. Television shows should be an escape from the recession and not a reminder of it. Still an interesting article none the less.
I think it's interesting how The Office seemed to ignore the reccesion for so many episodes, eventually the plotlines caught up the recesion but to be realistic Dundler Mifflin is the sort of bussiness that would have to make a ton of layoffs in this sort of economy.
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