Class Dismissed

How TV Frames the Working Class

Narrated by Ed Asner, and based on the 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.

CLASS DISMISSED breaks important new ground in exploring the ways in which race, gender, and sexuality intersect with class, offering a more complex reading of television's often one-dimensional representations. The video also links television portrayals to negative cultural attitudes and public policies that directly affect the lives of working class people.