Explaining the Seventies Malaise through “F Is for Family”

F Is for Family follows the Murpheys, a fictional working-class suburban family based loosely off the life of comedian Bill Burr. While the setting and the characters on the show are fictional, they represent actual historical moments, distinguishing the show as unique for its kind by depicting the tangible struggles and sensibilities of the 1970s. Since the Seventies have often been remembered as an uneventful decade, TV shows such as F Is for Family helps to correct the historical memory of this tumultuous decade through the accessible medium of popular culture.

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