Re:Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and the Unfortunate Implications
by throwaway894345 on Friday November 20, 2020 @10:00AM
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Housewife characters are uncommon, and they tend to be portrayed as vapid, boring, incompetent or else otherwise their occupation is the butt of the joke (e.g., “Claire” in Modern Family who is as intelligent as any of the characters but is a low key alcoholic and eventually breaks free of her housewife occupation to become an executive at her father’s company).
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Re:Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and the Unfortunate Implications
by chungus_khan on Friday November 20, 2020 @10:30AM
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I think this is more a case of only noticing them as housewives when it gets called to your attention. Neutral/warm depictions of housewives are incredibly common but don't grab your attention because of how ordinary they are. It doesn't exactly stand out in most people's minds when they see a caring mother figure or a loving spouse.
If you want a return to the sanitary, saccharine dom coms of the sort the Simpsons was originally a parody of, I have to vehemently disagree that there is any real desire for that.
Re:Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and the Unfortunate Implications
by gamblor956 on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:12PM
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Housewives as main characters are featured in most of ABC's shows, including at one point all of their Wednesday comedy block alongside Modern Family. Similarly, Fox has had housewives as main characters on most of their animated sitcoms, and with rare exceptions their occupation is not treated as a joke. On NBC's most popular show (This is Us), the lead female character is a housewife.