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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Friends absolutely hasn’t aged well.  It’s embarrassing how uniform that show was with the exception of a few minor characters with diversity.  [b]Also, there was an utter lack of socio-economic diversity.[/b]

Absolutely couldn’t relate to that show as a brown person in America. [/quote]

Most sit-coms have no socio-economic diversity because they are about a group of people who hang out together for some reason (friends, family, coworkers) and that relationship tends to = similar SES level.  But I think Friends was one of the only shows I've watched that actually did directly address the different SES levels of the friends-- there was an episode when the 3 that made less money (waitress, actor, occasional massage therapist) complained about the other 3 wanting to do expensive things and then all of them having an awkward conversation about it, there were lots of times Chandler was loaning Joey money and it being uncomfortable, then Joey finally making a lot on Days of Our Lives and moving out but it wasn't as satisfying as he thought, Ross feeling threatened when Rachel started having career success and not needing him as much (clearly, I've watched a lot of Friends LOL).  I liked that aspect of it, which did reflect some of the awkwardness I had with my own friends in those post-college years when our careers were on different trajectories.

And people need to stop complaining about the apartment -- it was clearly explained that it was grandma's rent-controlled apartment and so dirt-cheap.  Chandler/Joey's dump was probably a lot more expensive but Chandler probably made the most $$ of all of them in whatever his job was.

It still makes me laugh and my Gen Z teens love it.[/quote]

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