Television Critique
Introduction
In the nineteenth century, different industries especially emerged to create recreation and entertainment for all classes in American society. Even in today’s world where entertainment serves as a critical tool of education, socialization, and entertainment among others, the core factor in relation to multi-billion dollar, depicts the various transformations incorporated such as drafting episodes to make money for the network (Horry,b2018). Butsch’s article, “Why Television keeps re-creating the male working-working class, Buffoon,” incorporates various aspects in conjunction with episodes adhering to commercial media’s profit-driven ideology which has changed over time. Through the introduction of different episodes such as The Boondocks " season 4, Episode 3 in 2014; Breaking Granddad." and The Garden Party." Season 1, Episode 1 2005, it is evidence that there are potential differences especially while focusing on the production of shows depending on the profit motives. According to Butsch, profit motives tend to influence the kind of stories found on a network of television shows which we henceforth find out in regards to the two episodes stated above.
“The Garden Party. " Season 1, Episode 1” and “Breaking Granddad." Season 4, Episode 3” of The Boondocks. " 2005 and 2014 respectively have had Aaron McGruder and Reginald Hudlin as the producers who have attracted larger audiences through the formation of episodes based on those particular times. The casts are primarily similar to characters and characterization. It involves Regina King as Huey Freeman; 10-year-old, John Witherspoon as Robert Freeman and Gary Anthony as Uncle Ruckus as some of the main characters which, aid an individual understanding of the two episodes and, how they adhere to commercial media’s profit-driven ideology.
Unlike “Breaking Granddad." Season 4, Episode 3,” “The Garden Party. " Season 1, Episode begins with the story on a social party full of the white guest which links two main characters; Huey; 10-year-old and Riley Freeman; 8-year-old who try as much as they could to adjust to the predominately white suburb of Woodcrest. In the garden party, Huey wears clothing made up of Fidel Castro’s Uniform and that is a symbol that he is a socialist and has no intention to make friendship with Imperialists such as Ed Wuncler, Sr. One of the many themes denoted at this point especially when focusing to ideologies of cultural differences depending with one’s class, race, and gender. On the other hand, “Breaking Granddad. " Season 4, Episode 3,” denotes the struggles associated with fitting in the competitive world of economics. Robert; one of the characters, sells explosive materials made by Huey which is considered as dangerous chemical; hair relaxer and as a result, the Freemans end up running away from the outcome associated with it.
“The Garden Party. " Season 1” unlike “Breaking Granddad." Season 4, Episode 3,” addresses some of the issues happening in 2005 such as racialized identities, socialism, and stereotypical issues and, outcomes associated with it. “Breaking Granddad." Season 4, Episode 3,” discusses some of the practices available in commodity production in the competitive market. A profit motive in this episode via its producers is seen through the consumers’ complaints who, are not satisfied with the type of products generated in the black market to make a profit. Explosive chemicals produced in the black market and sold to the consumers adversely affect their satisfaction which calls for further attention in the types of goods and services sold to the consumers.
Besides that, the line of dialogues in the “Garden Party Season 1 Episode 1” in addition to its set designs generally focus on social classes, the mixture in culture, lifestyles, racialized identities, stereotypes, and viewpoints illustrate the various challenges facing the world as of 2005. At that point, audiences wanted to get a broad perspective of the incidences happening in the world. The producers to make money for the internet had to focus on profit-driven ideologies on issues affecting the world in the form of satire and comedy (Lou & Alhabash, 2018). Indeed, the overall episode in relation to the type of production, design setting, and line of dialogue examines the impact of racial identifies on the societal as a whole impacting also to the political and economic lives of different categories of persons in the world. Whereas, “The Boondocks. " Breaking Granddad." Season 4, Episode 3” has its features of profit motive fixed to changes in globalization which come with various impacts such as diverse but competitive market. In the long run, manufactures are struggling to make their products standout however, in some cases to still make a profit, they have to undergo certain practices.
In conclusion, profit motives influence the kind of stories told on network television shows. In the world of economics, profit motives are termed as firm motivational strategies that maximize their operations to make profits. Thus, as described in mainstream microeconomic theory, the Media Industry, just like any other related platform, would incorporate episodes from different series as the one stated above to attract as many audiences as possible. That not only comes with selecting top-rating series in addition to those that will attract a lot of advertisers but also considering techniques used by produces to make money for the network. They would tend to focus on unique affecting different aspects of the world depending on profit-driven ideology. It helps commercial media to benefit from the shareholders among other critical personnel to maximize profits.
References
Butsch, Richard. " Ralph, Fred, Archie, Homer, and the King of Queens: Why Television Keeps Re-Creating the Male Working-Class Buffoon." In Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Critical Reader, edited by Gail Dines and Jean M. Humez, 101-09. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2011.
Horry, L. (2018). “For Us, By Us”: The Boondocks, Black Agency, and Black Spatial Reclamation in Comics.
Lou, C., & Alhabash, S. (2018). Understanding non-profit and for-profit social marketing on social media: The case of anti-texting while driving. Journal of Promotion Management, 24(4), 484-510.