Everybody Loves Raymond Character Analysis
Everybody Loves Raymond
My favorite sitcom, if you can say that I have one, is “Everybody Loves Raymond”. This family is dysfunctional. The show revolves around the main character, Ray Barone. He’s a successful sportswriter living in New York with his wife Debra. They have 4 children, their daughter Ally who is eight years old, and their four year old twins, Geoffrey and Michael. The funniest part of the show is the Ray’s parents, Frank and Marie, who can’t let go of Ray. They live directly across the street from Ray and Debra. Ray’s brother, Robert, is a police officer. He lives in the shadow of Ray’s successful career and life. The show is very comical and does display what I feel to be a true look at what a family life is like; however, to me it shows the situations from a Christian’s view point, which is something that you don’t …show more content…
I remember a specific episode where Raymond had made a remark that could be construed as a racial comment. When he told Debra what he said, she jumped all over him and told him that that was racial and that he needed to apologize to the little boy’s dad. He did and then made another comment. It ended up that Debra had to apologize to the man for Raymond’s actions. Most of the shows begin with one of them making a horrible error in judgment, but it ends with them making things right. This is the Christian way. In Matthew 5:23-24, the bible tells us, “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you; leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.” So just like this scripture says, if we do something wrong, according to the bible we have to make things right. That is something that on this show, they do A LOT
My favorite sitcom, if you can say that I have one, is “Everybody Loves Raymond”. This family is dysfunctional. The show revolves around the main character, Ray Barone. He’s a successful sportswriter living in New York with his wife Debra. They have 4 children, their daughter Ally who is eight years old, and their four year old twins, Geoffrey and Michael. The funniest part of the show is the Ray’s parents, Frank and Marie, who can’t let go of Ray. They live directly across the street from Ray and Debra. Ray’s brother, Robert, is a police officer. He lives in the shadow of Ray’s successful career and life. The show is very comical and does display what I feel to be a true look at what a family life is like; however, to me it shows the situations from a Christian’s view point, which is something that you don’t …show more content…
I remember a specific episode where Raymond had made a remark that could be construed as a racial comment. When he told Debra what he said, she jumped all over him and told him that that was racial and that he needed to apologize to the little boy’s dad. He did and then made another comment. It ended up that Debra had to apologize to the man for Raymond’s actions. Most of the shows begin with one of them making a horrible error in judgment, but it ends with them making things right. This is the Christian way. In Matthew 5:23-24, the bible tells us, “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you; leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.” So just like this scripture says, if we do something wrong, according to the bible we have to make things right. That is something that on this show, they do A LOT