ed in the suburbs. The father, a Mafia boss attends regular therapy sessions with a psychiatrist in an attempt to "fit" in with his neighbors and their successful legitimate endeavors. His wife struggles to tolerate "Old World stigmas" (i.e. infidelity, male chauvinism, single income) and modern day socially accepted beliefs. Topics typically include child psychology and development, relationships, marriage counseling, and loyalty. This shows in my humble opinions has successfully bridged the gap between the young viewers of today and the more mature audience of yesteryears through its use of transactional, expressive, and/or poetic language styles and speech communities. Each show is richly rooted and submersed in East Coast slang and criminal dialects, while each of the characters attempt to immolate their more refined and cultural neighbors. I found the episodes that I watched very expressive and dramatic, while maintaining a sense of credibility. In addition, I found that it was difficult not to have some degree of sympathy for some of the characters because of the realistic points of views that they brought to the screen that most of us can relate to. At this point, my only reservation for emersing myself in this program and its languages is that I might not be able to resist wearing jump suits, slicking my hair back, and don a liberal amount of gold chains and bracelets, as this program seems to have an empowering and influential effect on its audience.Bringing up the latter half of my essay will be the show N.Y.P.D. Blue, which examines the day to day life of New York police department detectives solving crimes less than one hour. This show is known for its racy, cutting edge violence and dialog that centers in the heart of the most crime ridden city in America. Their use of profanity and slang has caused much debate and controversy over the current heated topics that plague our cities today.After a couple of episodes I...
