“The Partridge Family, anti-American?”
Yup.
S1 E4 “See Here, Private Partridge!”
Just as they’re about to record their first album, the Partridges have a bomb dropped on them: ten-year-old Danny’s been drafted into the Army.
S1 E12 “My Son, the Feminist”
Keith promises his feminist girlfriend that the Partridge Family will perform at an upcoming rally, which puts them under attack from the morality watchdog group in their neighborhood.
S1 E19 “To Play or Not to Play”
Laurie refuses to cross the picket line and play when the hotel workers where they’re scheduled to perform go out on strike.
Start with those episodes and you’ll see what I’m talking about. It was right there all along.
They were responding to the culture around them. Do you think the model should be “My Mother, the Car”?
Your argument reminds me of a person I got into an argument on here years ago who claimed “The Honeymooners” was liberal elitists making fun of ordinary Americans.
I also recall an episode where Laurie Partridge was in a beauty contest just so she could win and give a speech about how beauty contests oppress women.