Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005•1h 2m•4.5•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Loretta Alper
Writer
Pepi Leistyna
Languages
English
Cast
Stanley Aranowitz
Self
Ed Asner
Narrator
Roseanne Barr
Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby
Self (archive footage)
Production
Producer
Loretta Alper
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