Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

62 mins | Documentary | Aug. 31, 2005

Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows.

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

62 mins | Documentary | Aug. 31, 2005

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows.
Producers
Original title Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
Directors Loretta Alper
Writers Pepi Leistyna

Cast

Stanley Aranowitz

as Himself

Ed Asner

as Narrator

Roseanne Barr

as Herself (archive footage) (as Roseanne)

George W. Bush

as Himself (archive footage)

Bill Cosby

as Himself (archive footage)