Status Quo Or No: Modern Family Edition

An Interactive Powerpoint Presentation

An Introduction To Modern Family

Status Quo Or No: Modern Family EditionPick a category and question,then use the link below to record your answers.Start your answers on a new page at the bottom of the document. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kpv9xLR3SXfLVGxdjeuW6kEFgxdNq7kafdOXKu1TvcQ/edit

Gloria’s Closet Gender Roles and Femininity

Socio-Economic Status

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Gloria’s Closet 300 Points● Based on the clips below, and the Modern Family episodes you have seen,

would you say Gloria Pritchett’s wardrobe encourages the male gaze and/or the portrayal of her character as an object of fetishization? Why or Why not Justify your answer. Original Revised

Status Quo/Encourages: Everyone in the class

Status Quo/Encourages: NOT AVAILABLE

No: No one No: NOT AVAILABLE

Gloria’s Closet 600 Points ● Based on the clip below, and the Modern Family episodes you have

seen, would you say Gloria Pritchett is a narcissist? Why or Why not Justify your answer.

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Status Quo/Narcissist:

Status Quo/Narcissist:

No: No:

Gloria’s Closet 900 Points ● Order Modern Family’s Gloria Pritchett, Claire Dunphy, and Haley Dunphy, from

least fetishied character to most, based on the clips, and pictures below, as well as the Modern Family episodes you have seen. Justify your answer.

● Warning: Clip one contains swearing.

Gender Roles and Femininity 300 Points Based on the clip and pictures below, the episode The Kiss, and your knowledge of the show, compare and contrast the portrayal of Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker, to determine how each of them fits into traditional gender roles. Do you think one of them better fits a traditional gender role? Why? or Why Not? If yes, which character, and which traditional gender role, do you think they fit better into? Justify your answer.

Gender Roles and Femininity 600 Points ● Compare and contrast the characterization of Claire, Gloria, and Cameron

based on your knowledge of Modern Family and the clip, and pictures below. Do you think one of them is better suited to the role of the stay-at-home parent? Why? or Why Not? If yes, which character? Justify your answer.

Gender Roles and Femininity 900 Points ● Based on the episode The Kiss, and the clip, and the pictures below, would

you say that Phil Dunphy is a “real” man, according to traditional gender roles? Why? or Why Not? Justify your answer.

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Status Quo/“Real” Man: Status Quo/“Real” Man:

No: No:

Socio-Economic Status 300 Points

● Based on the three pictures above, what you’ve seen in the episodes Coal Digger, Diamond in the Rough, and Fulgencio, and your knowledge of the show,would you say that Modern Family promotes certain values reflecting the status quo with regards to socio-economic status? Why? Or why not? If yes, then what type of socio-economic status do you see them presenting to viewers as the status quo? Justify your answer. Original Revised

Status Quo: Status Quo:

No: No:

Socio-Economic Status 600 Points Order the families of the popular sitcom Modern Family from highest socio-economic status to lowest, based on the the episodes Diamond in the Rough, Coal Digger, and Fulgencio, as well as your knowledge of the show, then explain your choice of ordering. ([Moving in order from left to right,] the families [depicted below] are : Pritchett-Delgado, Dunphy-Pritchett, and Pritchett-Tucker.)

Socio-Economic Status 900 Points Based on your knowledge of the show, as well as what you’ve seen in the episodes Coal Digger, and Fulgencio, and the pictures below, would you say that Modern Family’s Gloria Pritchett is a gold digger? Why? Or Why not? Justify your answer.

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Status Quo/Gold Digger:

Status Quo/Gold Digger:

No: No:

Final Verdict: Status Quo or No?Based on the evidence that has been presented to you over the course of this interactive powerpoint presentation, would you say that the popular sitcom Modern Family works to promote certain status quo notions regarding socioeconomic status, gender roles and femininity, fetishization, and narcissism? Why Or Why not?

Use the link below to check and compare your answers.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kpv9xLR3SXfLVGxdjeuW6kEFgxdNq7kafdOXKu1TvcQ/edit Please see Project Proposal Document for scholarly sources used.

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