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TV Thoughts: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia—Voice of An Apathetic Generation?
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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia had its season three premiere last night on FX Network. 

I’ve always be a fan of this hilariously cold-heated cult favorite, being hooked after its 2005 premiere. If Seinfeld was the show about nothing, Sunny that says it’s about nothing while punching you in the face.

But does Sunny signal growing apathety among us 20-somethings?



The plot? Four friends pathetically run a bar, and go on drunken adventures. There reason d’etre: to mock all that is around them, while justifying their do-nothing lives. 

The two-episode premiere—which came on the heels of a Sunny college-bus tour—tackled abandoned babies, anctimonious environmentalists, and the joys of athletic sexism. 

Here’s Mac trying to browbeat Dee into caring the dumpster baby they found: 

"Family values in this country are going down the toilet and it's because of people like you. Men and women raising a child together is a proven system a thousand years old. There are parental roles that need to be filled, right? Otherwise the kid winds up roaming the streets, having unprotected sex with multiple partners, sharing needles, and contracting the HIV virus. And it's all your fault. Are you happy Dee? Is this what you wanted? You just give this baby full blown AIDS." 

And just imagine what happened when Charlie realized he survived his own abortion. 

It’s no surprise that the show’s inverted decadence and scathing humor appealed to Danny DeVito, who joined the cast in the second season. 

Now whether the handful of viewers make this program a nihilistic generational sounding broad. 

But does this show, in combination with The Daily Show and Colbert Report, reflect an angry but lost generation—merely searching for self-awareness? 

Or do these shows reflect on generation itching to take down out-dated moirés, ready to embrace new ideas and no longer held in step by the ‘political status quo’. 

Or could it that Sunny's just another funny show.

Okay, gotta get back to Dennis and Dee tanning their dumpster baby.


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