Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

  • Rated 4.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2005
  • 1h 2m
  • 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.

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Director
Loretta Alper
Starring
Stanley Aranowitz, Ed Asner, Roseanne Barr, George W. Bush

Cast

  • Stanley Aranowitz

    Self

  • Ed Asner

    Ed Asner

    Narrator

  • Roseanne Barr

    Roseanne Barr

    Self (archive footage)

  • George W. Bush

    George W. Bush

    Self (archive footage)

  • Bill Cosby

    Bill Cosby

    Self (archive footage)

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