Sitcoms Analysis
The two sitcoms that I am going to compare are:
-Absolutely Fabulous which is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders. It was based on an original idea by her and Dawn French and was written by Saunders, who plays the leading character.
-The Royle Family which is a British television sitcom produced by Granada Productions for the BBC, which ran for three series between 1998 and 2000.
Absolutely Fabulous is an example of character interplay sitcom. Two main characters are: Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and Patsy Stone, a pair of high-powered career women on the London fashion scene. Eddy runs her own PR firm, and Patsy holds a sinecure position at a top British fashion magazine.
The Royle Family is an example of so called Family sitcom. The main characters are: father Jim, mother Barbara, daughter Denise and son Antony. They are a state benefit-dependent television-fixated family.
In Absolutely Fabulous most of episodes take place in a big, worth almost £ 2 million house in Holland Park (which has a reputation as an affluent and fashionable area with high-class shops and restaurants)and in the London office of Eddy's PR firm. All the interiors are posh and luxurious. The house is sunny, painted in bright colours and decorated with taste. There is a swimming pool, a sauna and a big garden.
In The Royle Family most of episodes take place in the Royles' Manchester home; most centre on the telly-centric living room. It is typical suburban council house. Rather small and decorated with no taste whatsoever. The walls are dark, with patterns not matching each other. The cheap furniture seems to be arranged haphazardly. We can see laundry getting dry on the radiators and indoor airers in the front room.
Characters in Absolutely Fabulous are the representatives of so called Middle Middle class. They use the Received Pronunciation dialect (a standard accent of Standard English in England) which is traditionally frequently associated with professionals with
-Absolutely Fabulous which is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders. It was based on an original idea by her and Dawn French and was written by Saunders, who plays the leading character.
-The Royle Family which is a British television sitcom produced by Granada Productions for the BBC, which ran for three series between 1998 and 2000.
Absolutely Fabulous is an example of character interplay sitcom. Two main characters are: Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and Patsy Stone, a pair of high-powered career women on the London fashion scene. Eddy runs her own PR firm, and Patsy holds a sinecure position at a top British fashion magazine.
The Royle Family is an example of so called Family sitcom. The main characters are: father Jim, mother Barbara, daughter Denise and son Antony. They are a state benefit-dependent television-fixated family.
In Absolutely Fabulous most of episodes take place in a big, worth almost £ 2 million house in Holland Park (which has a reputation as an affluent and fashionable area with high-class shops and restaurants)and in the London office of Eddy's PR firm. All the interiors are posh and luxurious. The house is sunny, painted in bright colours and decorated with taste. There is a swimming pool, a sauna and a big garden.
In The Royle Family most of episodes take place in the Royles' Manchester home; most centre on the telly-centric living room. It is typical suburban council house. Rather small and decorated with no taste whatsoever. The walls are dark, with patterns not matching each other. The cheap furniture seems to be arranged haphazardly. We can see laundry getting dry on the radiators and indoor airers in the front room.
Characters in Absolutely Fabulous are the representatives of so called Middle Middle class. They use the Received Pronunciation dialect (a standard accent of Standard English in England) which is traditionally frequently associated with professionals with