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Sitcom Essay

Comedy programs such as sitcoms which focus on issues and current events in our society have become seemingly popular in today’s day and age. This maybe due to the four elements found in the programs. The four elements being: plots, characters, settings and the techniques in which humour is applied. These elements ease the program into achieving two possible purposes; firstly, to entertain its viewers; and secondly, to provide moral guidance to its viewers. A prime example of a sitcom that clearly displays these four elements is the American produced sitcom: Friends. Friends, roughly summed up, is a twenty-two minute sitcom which focuses on the day-to-day lives of a group of six friends.

When observing sitcoms there are two types of plots in mind, the type of plots use in a program is dependent upon the previous and following episodes. Generally, situation comedies are long-running, as they possess the ability to be endlessly reproduced. This is due to the fact......

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