Six Feet Under
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littlebird
Wild Horses
ending and seasons
suppose it would depend on what you consider a "happy ending".
the show aired five episodes, the final season in 2005. i found the ending to be powerful, emotional, and well-fitting for the overall theme of the show. also, the use of the song in the collage of scenes was quite moving, as well.
but i know i've read reactions that found it contrived, or crticized that the closing "eyes" we see things through was mis-cast since Nate's pov we started the show with.
suppose it would depend on what you consider a "happy ending".
the show aired five episodes, the final season in 2005. i found the ending to be powerful, emotional, and well-fitting for the overall theme of the show. also, the use of the song in the collage of scenes was quite moving, as well.
but i know i've read reactions that found it contrived, or crticized that the closing "eyes" we see things through was mis-cast since Nate's pov we started the show with.
nomadthethird
more issues than Time mag
It might help to explain a couple of things about the middle class in the U.S.
As of when I last heard the numbers a few years ago, you're not considered "impoverished" by the State unless you make less than $20,000 a year for a family of four. You can basically forget about foodstamps or any kind of help if you make at least this much.
Middle class means everyone who is not on public assistance to everyone who makes less than a million a year, more or less, in the U.S. But the Fishers in SFU are a very solidly middle class family. They don't have a whole bunch of financial problems, they have a successful family business going. That's leagues ahead of the "average" family in the U.S. There's even a part where one of them uses an "inheritance" to move away. Most Americans do not have large inheritances, or even small ones.
Compared to most of the world, the American middle class has it great. (apparently)
P.S. The only character I actually like in that series is Keith. At a certain point I think the drama isn't interesting if the characters seem like teenagers to me.
As of when I last heard the numbers a few years ago, you're not considered "impoverished" by the State unless you make less than $20,000 a year for a family of four. You can basically forget about foodstamps or any kind of help if you make at least this much.
Middle class means everyone who is not on public assistance to everyone who makes less than a million a year, more or less, in the U.S. But the Fishers in SFU are a very solidly middle class family. They don't have a whole bunch of financial problems, they have a successful family business going. That's leagues ahead of the "average" family in the U.S. There's even a part where one of them uses an "inheritance" to move away. Most Americans do not have large inheritances, or even small ones.
Compared to most of the world, the American middle class has it great. (apparently)
P.S. The only character I actually like in that series is Keith. At a certain point I think the drama isn't interesting if the characters seem like teenagers to me.
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littlebird
Wild Horses
the fisher's are definitely middle class. the area they live in, where the funeral home resides, is a very middle class suburbon neighborhood. no one in the family experiences money issues, not even when the patriarch of the family passes away, and there are significant threats of a larger corporation taking over the family business (and discussions that they have lost business).
your description of the middle class in the US is spot on, i'd say, as is the varying degree of what is considered "middle class" (i'd almost say that the fisher's are closer to upper middle class in comparison to the US as a whole, but more moderate middle class in the context of California, where they fictionally reside).
owengriffiths
Owen
Littlebird, I have sent you a PM. I want to resolve whether I have seen all 5 series or merely 4. If you wish to help me, could you send the answer by PM so as to not spoil it for Baboon who hasnt seen it all.
I'm desperate to know
I havent seen the show in years but the curiosity still eats away at me
Nomad: If my guestimate of the pound-dollar exchange rate is correct, America's idea of the bottom end of Middle Class is what the UK would see as pretty poor. 20 grand $$ for a family of 4 is fuck all.
I'm desperate to know
I havent seen the show in years but the curiosity still eats away at meNomad: If my guestimate of the pound-dollar exchange rate is correct, America's idea of the bottom end of Middle Class is what the UK would see as pretty poor. 20 grand $$ for a family of 4 is fuck all.
littlebird
Wild Horses
Littlebird, I have sent you a PM. I want to resolve whether I have seen all 5 series or merely 4. If you wish to help me, could you send the answer by PM so as to not spoil it for Baboon who hasnt seen it all.
I'm desperate to know
have PM'ed you back.
owengriffiths
Owen
Cheers Littlebird! You're a lifesaver. Seems Channel 4 didnt show the final series after all. It seems to be availiable on DVD though. Exciting to think I've got another 10 hours of show ahead of me, I havent seen it in years now.
littlebird
Wild Horses
cheers. glad to help.
would love to know what you think of it once you watch. it is a very different feel from season 4.