Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

1h 2m
Documentary
4.5

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.

Cast

Stanley Aranowitz
Self
Ed Asner
Narrator
Roseanne Barr
Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Loretta Alper
Director, Producer
Pepi Leistyna
Writer
Thom Monahan
Music

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