Posted on 10/17/2019 8:56:19 AM PDT by Morgana
Modern Family has always dismissed the critical role of a mother with its gay male couple raising a daughter. It has also inserted feminist talking points in the past. In this week’s episode, “Pool Party,” on October 15, the show highlighted two incoherent premises of the feminist left: Corporations are “corrupt and mercenary,” but women should leave their babies to work for them or they will “resent [their] children.”
The episode begins with mother Claire (Julie Dunphy) lunching at a restaurant with her grown daughters, Haley (Sarah Hyland) and Alex (Ariel Winter). Claire is trying to convince Haley to return to work even though Haley feels leaving her twin infants all day would “break [her] heart.” Claire is also trying to convince Alex to accept a corporate job offer.
Waiter: Here you go, Ms. Dunphy. Nice and hot, like you like it.
Claire: He's nice and hot, like I like it.
Alex: Mom.
Haley: Wow.
Claire: No, it's cool. Time's up for dudes, not us. I mean, how great is this? The Dunphy ladies crushing life, having it all.
Alex: Okay, take it down a notch. We know what you're doing.
Haley: My mom was trying to show us how great it is to be a working woman 'cause she knows how torn I am about leaving my babies. It's like, oh, it'll break my heart to be away from them, but as a feminist, I want to show those snarky bitches at the office how fast my body bounced back.
Alex: Mom obviously wants me to take this big corporate job offer I got, but they're all so corrupt and mercenary. I want to use science to improve the world, like I did in Antarctica. Back off, you disgusting snow chicken! Do not [bleep] With me!
Claire: Alex, Antarctica made you miserable, and, Haley, you were really blossoming at work. And I get it, but I regret not going back to work sooner, and I don't want you to resent your children.
Haley: Like you did?
Claire: As was the fashion at the time. [ Cellphone ringing ] [ Sighs ] Work. Everybody needs Claire.
Haley does not want to leave her babies to return to working for a big business, but she feels she needs to “as a feminist.” Alex does not have to leave any young children, but taking a job with big business would be working for people who are inherently bad. Leftist logic ties itself in knots.
The show implies that woman who do not go back to work when their children are young will naturally “resent [their] children.” The episode does not note that many women are actually grateful for the precious time they have boding with their infants and do not instead wish they were in an office. Claire brags about how “Everybody needs Claire,” but why is that superior to your children needing you?
In a later scene, a lawyer working for Claire’s company blurts out, ”I knew I shouldn't have taken a corporate job! Why didn't I stay home with my babies?!” leading Alex to say she is ”turning down this job before corporate evil corrodes my insides.” Haley adds, “And I am not leaving my babies so that I can be this stressed and miserable.”
But, of course, Haley changes her mind and kisses her babies goodbye to head off to work at the end of the episode. (It is unclear what decision Alex makes.)
Families go through different seasons in life and parents have to make the best decisions they can for their children depending on their situations. But do feminists really believe the myth that women who do not work outside the home inherently regret it? Episodes like this teach young women the lie that serving co-workers needs is more fulfilling than serving the daily needs of a mother’s little ones.
My kids would be surprised to hear that, as surprised as I am to hear that I should resent them.
BONUS: The episode does have a funny dig at left-wing hyper-sensitivity when Jay (Ed O'Neill) is told, "You're just gonna make things worse if you act like a child." Youngest son Joe responds, "Hey, I'm a child! That triggers me and hurts my feelings." Jay replies, "Damn hippie private school. Who's gonna fight the wars, guys? Who?"
Who watches that awful show? Can’t believe that garbage is still on.
Satan loves the destruction of marriage and the family.
I am shocked to learn that Modern Family is still on. Wow.
Corporations are “corrupt and mercenary,” but women should leave their babies to work for them or they will “resent [their] children.”
That is a really good example of narrative clash. I don’t know how a liberal could possibly address that. They don’t either. They don’t ever have to. It’s telling that their default position is the one that weakens the family. That trumps their economic concerns.
Conservatives spent 20 years arguing with the Left about economic systems that the Left didn’t really care about. They can spread their degeneracy using the market at least as effectively as via government. It’s not like they actually have to choose; they do both.
It’s a, so called, television show on ABC. It neither means anything and has a terrible time trying to display itself as realism. As long as the public chews on this stuff and is willing to buy into the fantasy of life they present, our future is very limited and will be walked on by any predator in any country anywhere. It’s not for the older person, it is to create the delusion the uneducated and sheep kids are attached to so they can sell them anything. And this started with the first time they could stand in front of a TV and will end when they can’t any more.
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TV shows are made to present a viewpoint, not to entertain. The story line is to get us interested in watching, and to make us lower our guard and turn off critical thinking.
Then they insert the words and phrases that are the heart of the show.
Like acting in a show on ABC which is owned by Disney....
One reason to watch this show: Sofia Vergara. But I can’t stand the gay couple.
Why watch any of these unfunny “comedies?” All they are are slippery ways to attack us.
When it first came out, Modern Family was actually quite funny. It no longer is. I stopped watching it years ago.
Besides Shark Tank, I think it’s been years since I’ve watched anything on ABC
Absolute BS.
I resent liberal feminists telling me how I should run my life and what I should *want*, like I can’t figure that out for myself.
you could watch turner classic movies- this is practically the only channel i watch for movies- they also have golden oldie channels for shows liek andy griffith, gunsmoke, etc-
I may have seen a total of 5 minutes of the show. Maybe.
90% of broadcast TV is unwatchable... but someone is tuning in.
I believe this show has done more damage to the morality and public opinions of this country than any other. So damaging and evil.
My wife was a stay at home mother until the youngest went to school. Then she worked at the school so she could keep the same hours. We have 5 grandchildren that beg to come over every weekend (even the teenagers). I think she made it work and loved it.
I stopped watching when the homosexual couples became too much to watch. That lifestyle really grieves your spirit, so there is no need to subject yourself to that.
I was a working mom out of financial necessity, but now my husband and I both wish I had stayed home with them. Like your wife, though, we made it work, and if nothing else, we really appreciated that quality time away from work, making time for the family.
The Rookie is decent.
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