The Inevitable Downfall Of Modern Family
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Modern Family at one time was the biggest sitcom on television. Giving us a brand new sitcom that broke barriers in showing what a true Modern Family looked like in 2009. As well as a dynamite cast that included TV Legends and several new comers. But by the end of Modern Family's run, the show lost the charm and appeal of the family sitcom, and audiences were left unfulfilled by the series finale.
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Written by Chris Teregis
Edited by Brian Nappi
Is the Modern Family clan the best TV family of all time?
I personally enjoyed Modern Family from the first episode to the last.
Im still a little disappointed this show didnt end with a scene of the director going over all the footage and saying, "yeah, we can't use any of this."
you missed the whole point, the problem is that they started with really smart humour and relatable situations to completely unreal and over the top storylines
I will always be mad that Haley didn’t end up with Andy, the character of her they developed when she has with him was way better, after they broke up I feel like her character was kinda lost, idk
I will agree that overall, the quality of the show went down in later seasons, I believe they did end it in a very respectable way to fans. They may have dragged it out a bit longer than needed, but it could have been far, far worse.
When you say useless death and showing the death of Phil's Dad, it's not useless it's an hommage to the actor's death in real life
With all the kids, the ones that stayed the same was Lily and Manny. They were too "adult" when they were kids. When they finally got older, it was the samething but them older. Luke became the streetwise, lovable himbo. Haley became a family woman and entrepreneur sorta like her dad. Alex didnt change much but became more human and less "Spock logic" type. Lily and Manny... never changed. Which is the problem when you make kids act like adults.
This is what happens when shows go on for WAY longer than they should. When the kids and teenagers grew up, there was no Ionger any precocious children around, which is why they added Joe in later seasons.
The show failed to give the kids time to shine as growing adults; instead of having episodes focussing on only them and reducing the screen time of the parents, Modern Family did the opposite and only focused on the parents. As well as the massive issue with unresolved plot narratives and missing information regarding personal friendships and careers. The show went on for two long with little growth in the story telling content.
Modern Family always makes me feel like home anytime I watch it. It's sad that in the last seasons it felt like the writers did't even try anymore. For example : Hayley was getting more superficial, dumber, she was like a stereotype, while in the former seasons the character was developing and growing into a more mature and intelligent woman. I would have loved to watch each character grow even if we don't see the parents that much and we end up focusing on each kid's life. I've only watched the last season once and it was enough for me, whereas I binge watched the earlier seasons wayyyy too may times.
"When life gives you lemonade, make lemons.
The most annoying thing for me in Modern Family was Hayley’s character ‘growth’. The writers never seemed to want her to grow up, she was lazy, selfish and immature and every time we had an episode where Hayley would finally be called out it would end with her yelling and coming up with a new career that the writers would abandon, (her photography, being an influencer, working in fashion) and Phil and Claire apologising to her as usual. (Except when she was arrested at collage and Phil finally gave her a telling off for once).
Imagine calling Frank, Phil’s dad, death unnecessary. That episode was probably the best episode of the entire 11th season. And the fact that the actor actually passed away 4 months later after it aired makes it hit that much more.
I always felt that they didn’t explore some character relationships much. Also we barely saw characters such as lily. It felt like they repeated plots with the main adult characters.
Reminds of Simpsons
The characters were flanderized a lot. The same thing happened to the office and parks and rec. Every popular show gets flanderized in the later seasons
I love modern family but in the later seasons it became its own satire. Every character just got more and more stereotypical and just .. weirder just to be „entertaining“. But in reality the more subtle humor was what made the show great in the first place.
Haven't watched yet, but "Inevitable" sounds right. When Modern Family first premiered, it was a novel idea to reinvigorate the traditional sitcom. But what was novel like ten years ago, is the 2020s...normal.
I absolutely loved the kind of humour they started out with, it only got better until season 5, after that the comedy just started feeling somewhat forced, as if they were trying too hard and some characters were made annoying. But anyways, I've got to appreciate the makers of this show for some amazing comedy that they gave us.