[NorthMountain]

To say that “The Addams Family” assumed that the nuclear family was superior misses the whole point

To COMPLAIN that "The Addams Family" assumed that the nuclear family was superior misses the whole point that IT IS SUPERIOR.

[Dr. Sivana]

Well, the author misses a lot of points. Of course, a lot of humor focuses on things that Aren’t superior. Dilbert’s company and most of the characters are not superior. The Dilbert garbageman wasn’t supposed to mean that garbagemen are superior, any more than Jeeves was supposed to imply that most valets are superior. It is just funnier that way.