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Goat_Wizard_Doom_666 t1_iyd6mu8 wrote

Reply to comment by secretmadscientist in The Decline of British Blue Collar Stories On Screen: 25 years since NIL BY MOUTH first hit screens, Gary Oldman’s film has become a relic of a time when working-class stories were major cinematic events. What happened? by Bullingdon1973

They're still there:
Kevin can Fu*ck Himself

The Bear

Shameless

Superstore

Kim's Convenience

and um..... hmm... there have to be more, I swear...

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DMPunk t1_iydbnpf wrote

Shameless, Superstore, and Kim's Convenience are all over

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Goat_Wizard_Doom_666 t1_iydo85h wrote

What's your point? They still exist in the same way that 'Malcom in the Middle' and 'Cheers' exist and they are about the working class struggle. They are/were popular in the same way OP is lamenting that does not exist anymore.

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Jimmni t1_iye4y5u wrote

His point was there aren’t the same kind of shows on air now. Of course they still exist. Nobody went and scrubbed them from existence.

I don’t know if he’s right, but you entirely misunderstood his point.

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BobTheGC t1_iydktsk wrote

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Not the most earnest story of class struggle but one nonetheless.

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ThatJoeyFella t1_iyeoewy wrote

Ever since the recession hit, waves of new people are suddenly broke. These people have no idea how to live without money. They're what's called "new poor". We're "old poor".

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Alive_Ice7937 t1_iyeqi35 wrote

"This pool is the bootstraps that's going to lift us up into the middle class!"

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50StatePiss t1_iydfmfl wrote

The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, American Dad, South Park, Big Mouth

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wballard8 t1_iydsiap wrote

Interesting that they’re all cartoons, but I can’t draw a greater conclusion or theory about that

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Riderz__of_Brohan t1_iydvfcv wrote

The conclusion is that the Simpsons was so successful and influential it spawned an entire genre

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Riderz__of_Brohan t1_iydvd32 wrote

Ended many years ago but King of Queens fits this prototype too if we’re talking about shows past the 80s and 90s

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JC-Ice t1_iyecwxp wrote

Abbott Elementary.

All the Law & Order and Chicago, and 911 shows.

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secretmadscientist t1_iyd6y4a wrote

How is Kevin Can F*ck Himself?

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Riderz__of_Brohan t1_iydv366 wrote

It feels like it’s 15 years too late, the trope of “schlubby husband hot wife” doesn’t really exist in sitcoms anymore

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monchota t1_iydduf4 wrote

They are all unrelatable to most people or comedy that is just about dumb people.

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Aberdolf-Linkler t1_iydddol wrote

Would Shameless really count as working class drama, I thought the focus was more that they were poor/low income. Maybe splitting hairs.

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