Master Of None And Thanksgiving: Episode Analysis

I chose to talk about the TV show Master of None with the episode title "Thanksgiving". As the title indicates, this episode brings us into the thanksgiving meal of a black family accompanied by an Indian friend in different years of their lives. The purpose of this episode is to make people laugh about being a minority, to show that people can make fun of who they are and still being pride. The important thing is that it also makes you think about the place of people, in particular the ones called minorities, in the world we are living in today. According to Kidd (2014), "Now, instead of causing anxiety, these labels are a source of humor, or drama, or tension, which is really just to say that they have been incorporated into the broader repertoire of storytelling with which popular culture is engaged" (p.32). The best way to achieve this purpose is to make jokes while talking about serious matters. Like when the mom hopes that her daughter does not …show more content…
The interest of the audience can vary, but they have one thing in common is that they like watching TV shows. The audience has knowledge; everybody is aware that life is harder for minorities, particularly being a black and lesbian women in our case. Like Kidd (2014) says "When we turn to television, most of our knowledge about minorities is about black viewers" (p.56). Since they talk to each other as families do, the language use is informal. The producers expect us to relax and laugh while watching this episode. But, also to make you think about what it is like to live as a black person (or any minorities) today in the United States. Even if they laugh about it in the show, they know that life is not always easy. They also appeal to the audience by making this family be part of the middle class, like most of Americans (the grandmother, the mother, and the daughter all live in the same

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Master Of None And Thanksgiving: Episode Analysis

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