This show doesn’t hold up well because as with most of Lear’s shows it was propaganda.
The thing is, Archie’s character was designed to be non-sympathetic by Lear who called Archie Bunker “a horse’s ass”.
It backfired and Archie became a very endearing sympathetic figure. Kind of a tragic hero trying to hold on to a way of life under attack from all quarters. Yes, he was rough around the edges, but there was always a fundamental logic to his view point.
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