{"id":8987,"date":"2018-02-16T14:17:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T18:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=8987"},"modified":"2018-02-16T14:17:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T18:17:20","slug":"why-friends-is-a-terrible-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2018\/02\/16\/why-friends-is-a-terrible-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Why &#8216;Friends&#8217; is a Terrible Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.qygjxz.com\/data\/out\/85\/5674284-friends-pic.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Tv.com)<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, but someone had to say it.<\/p>\n<p>If you mention<em> Friends<\/em>, there&#8217;s a solid chance that a chorus of voices will excitedly shout that they too love <em>Friends<\/em>. The cultural powerhouse of the late 90&#8217;s still remains extremely popular, and I&#8217;m not quite sure why seemingly everyone is obsessed with it. Of course, everyone is entitled to his\/her\/their own opinion and it&#8217;s totally fine if you like it, but for me, <em>Friends<\/em> will never win me over. Here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It&#8217;s simply not funny (anymore) &#8211; was it ever?<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s problematic &#8211; the gay jokes, the fat Monica jokes, the predatory misogyny, the toxic relationships, the casual brushing-off of Phoebe&#8217;s traumatic past&#8230;this could go on.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s no diversity &#8211; all the main characters are white and heterosexual. Yes, <em>Friends<\/em> first aired in 1994, but it&#8217;s an unlikely representation of New York City and people living in it.<\/li>\n<li>The characters are all unlikeable &#8211; Ross is probably the worst one of all; he whines about his love life constantly, is a terrible father, and is, not to mention, boring. It seems as though none of the characters really have any redeeming qualities that outshine their individual faults.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Perhaps keep this in mind if you ever think about starting <em>Friends<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Tv.com) Sorry, but someone had to say it. If you mention Friends, there&#8217;s a solid chance that a chorus of voices will excitedly shout that they too love Friends. The cultural powerhouse of the late 90&#8217;s still remains extremely popular, and I&#8217;m not quite sure why seemingly everyone is obsessed with it. Of course, everyone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8987"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9042,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8987\/revisions\/9042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}