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Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

Loretta Alper

2005

  • Documentary
4.5

Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows.

Cast & crew

  • Loretta AlperDirector
  • Stanley AranowitzSelf
  • Ed AsnerNarrator
  • Roseanne BarrSelf (archive footage)
  • George W. BushSelf (archive footage)
  • Bill CosbySelf (archive footage)

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