70's Show Analysis

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That 70`s Show was an iconic sitcom T.V. series depicting teenage lives during the late 1970`s. It just so happened to be one of FOX's longest running series to this day. That 70`s Show threw all of the 70`s, “bad habits”, of the teenage culture of the time right at the audience in a way that could still be aired on television. FOX found ways to get around the censors of the time by only hinting that the teens were doing these illegal things. The show was a perfect mix to grab the attention of young kids of the 1990`s but still grabbed the adults watching because this was the time period that they actually grew up in.
The 1970’s certainly seems to revolve around rock and roll music and drug use. It seems as if the youth of the age just focused
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There is such a strong presence of marijuana in the series since the 1970’s were said to be full of the stuff.
As said before, the series shows a group of teenage friends. The character that one could argue is more of the main character than any other is Eric Foreman.He is the youngest and only son of Red Forman (“Eric Forman”1). Eric is a generally nice guy who also happens to be the typical geeky, awkward, clumsy teenager. Eric typically tends to have a rather shallow sense of humor. His father is the average blue collar war veteran that has his ways set in the old days. His father is also typically very hard on Eric and there are only a few episodes that he is nice to Eric. The next in line is Eric’s girlfriend Donna Pinciotti. Donna is to good for Eric, as most of their friends see. Donna is an attractive redhead that has been Eric’s next door neighbor since they were only toddlers. Donna and Eric’s relationship lasts for almost seven seasons of the show. The next on the list is Jackie Burkhart. Jackie is the snobby, stuck up rich girl that thinks the world owes her whatever she wants. She has very shallow morales. She often judges the others in the group and gives terrible advice that only a person like Jackie would think is reasonable. Michael Kelso, Jackie’s on
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For example, Tommy Chong the actor that plays Leo, was actually serving a prison sentence for selling marijuana paraphernalia. Also Lisa Robin Kelly the actress that played Laurie Forman, Eric’s older sister, was not shown in the series for a while because she ran off and no one knew where she was. She is actually deceased today due to multiple drug intoxications during rehab and was ruled an accident (“Lisa Robin Kelly’s Death Ruled an Accidental Overdose by