Making an Awkward Moment on Television

The producers of television shows have realized that awkward is funny. We all experience them at one point or another. An example is seeing someone that you weren’t really friends with in high school five years later and you both make eye contact, and there is a panic to whether or not you should wave. Television shows take it to the next level to using stereotypes of sex and races. Seinfeld is notorious for these moments especially because during the shows popularity really got big during the mid late 90’s, when people started to become more liberated about their true identity. One episode Jerry the main character has an interview with a college reporter that catches her ease dropping on his conversation not knowing who she was, him and his friend George acted homosexual towards each other. Once the reporter realizes who Jerry is she ends up writing an article describing how Jerry is homosexual. The famous quote “Were not gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.” Jerry was trying to justify his sexuality with out put another down, when in reality by the ton of his voice it was obvious that being homosexual was not acceptable. Another episode was these two men came up to Kramer another character and were interested in the wood cabinet even though they didn’t announce their sexuality the two made it obvious that they lived together. As well as, who controlled the relationship. Shows like this make television entertaining because these are everyday occurrences.