All in The Family was a sit-com from the 70's centered around the family. This family, however, is far different from the contemporary family sit-com Two and a Half Men. Firstly the idea of what a family is is changed. The main stars of the show are all blood relatives, but none of them are married and in fact one is divorced. the family in All in the Family is also an extended family with a married couple living at home while it is very apparent in Two and A Half Men the children and the parents rarely see each other. this change in the depicted family structure is indicative of how the definition of what a family is has changed.
The two shows are similar, however, because of the generational conflicts that occur in both shows. Archie Bunker rarely sees eye to eye with his son in law, and it feels like the mother from Two and a Half Men despises her sons. This conflict is the basis for many episodes.
The issues All in the Family dealt with, at least in the episode we saw in class, seem to be more socially aware. the stream of information also seemed to flow from the younger generation to the older in order to inform and enlighten. Two and a Half Men may deal with more risque subject matter, but it rarely has an altruistic agenda. the flow of information also flows from the two men to the son, but it more often then not is misinterpreted by the son with comical results.
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