Flintstones, Simpsons, King of Queens, Family Guy, Home Improvement, ....it's the basis for pretty much every popular family sitcom. Men are stupid, oafish, sexist buffoons and their wives are smart and competent and the poor hapless men are just lucky to have them.
It's more so the wives play the straight man role in the basis for a comedy act. You also see this observer/straight man role in kids with both parents being eccentric (Malcolm in the Middle, Modern Family, Full House, Roseanne, Hey Arnold, Arrested Development) although I do agree there are certain gender roles networks do for the sake of ratings.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '23
Flintstones, Simpsons, King of Queens, Family Guy, Home Improvement, ....it's the basis for pretty much every popular family sitcom. Men are stupid, oafish, sexist buffoons and their wives are smart and competent and the poor hapless men are just lucky to have them.