Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

4.5 2005 62 min
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,…

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Director
Loretta Alper
Writer
Pepi Leistyna

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

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