The Visible Yet Invisible

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At one point or another we have all seen or heard of the show Modern Family. For some it may be a really funny show, while for others it's a show that's not funny enough to watch. Personally I think Modern Family is a hilarious show, however there are a lot of invisible narratives or also known as stereotypes. On the show there have been times where we see, yet don't react to those stereotypes because of how funny they make it seem, that we let it slide, and don't give much importance to it.  

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The very first stereotype is that hispanic women, only succeeded, by marrying a old, rich, white man. Gloria Prichett played by Sofia Vergara, is a Colombian single mother, who migrated to the US for a better life. When Gloria came to the US she lived in a "ghetto" area (another stereotype; when hispanics migrate here they usually settle in low income areas) worked as a hair stylist then when she met husband Jay Prichett, she quite her job and moved into his big house and basically became a stay at home wife/mom. The stereotype here is that Gloria wouldn't have met or married Jay she would of still been working at the beauty salon, and living in a small apartment and would of never "improved her life." Many of us tend to ignore that stereotype because we see the better lifestyle she has now, that we accept it because she's not the only with a better lifestyle but also because her son now has a better future. 

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The second stereotype is that in a gay relationship there is always a feminine and male figure. Mitchell Prichett and Cameron Tucker are a gay couple who are displayed in the show as a couple where Mitchell has the masculine traits by being the one who works and provides for the house while Cameron has the feminine traits by being the stay at home, outgoing dad. I am 100% sure that not all gay couples take on the role of man and a women in the relationship. However as the viewers we accept the roles because their relationship is so funny and and it has this chemistry that works and make it's the "perfect" family. I say perfect in parenthesis because gay/lesbian couples is not a norm that is seen and accepted, there are always a lot of judgements towards them, like "they won't live a "normal" couple life" and by making them more like a heterosexual they are closer to the norm. Which isn't okay, gay couples don't need try to be like heterosexual families to be happy, however in the show they make the couple this way because its more accepting to the viewers.     

There are a lot more invisible narratives in the show that hide behind not only humor but by the viewers relating to certain situations, that we accept them rather than criticize them. As viewer should we blind ourselves from these stereotypes or should we acknowledge them and say it isn't okay?