MODERN FAMILY: ALMOST PERFECT
Television Without Pity reviewed Modern Family and criticized Julie Bowen’s character Claire – What do you think?
As Modern Family’s fantastic first season has progressed, it’s just gotten better and funnier, and its characters have become more and more likable with each episode as the show has quickly grown into one of the best on television. With one glaring exception — Julie Bowen’s character Claire. While all the characters on the show are flawed by design, Claire is the standard irreversibly shrill sitcom wife surrounded by otherwise transgressive characters. Even when she does redeem herself by letting her husband win a foot race, or begrudgingly jumping into a pool with her clothes on to satisfy the stepmother she called a gold-digger, she’s still a joyless, shrew of a woman, and that’s a damn shame.
The difference between her character’s flaws and the rest of the cast’s is that not only is there nothing endearing about her, she isn’t trusted with the funny either. Her husband is a lecherous idiot who screws up constantly, but he’s an undeniably lovable lecherous idiot, and he gets the best lines on the show. Her father is a bit backwards in his thinking, but he strives to evolve, has a dog butler, and the scene where he spared little Manny from knowing what a jerk his deadbeat dad was would forgive him almost any insensitive remark he could ever make. And Cam is an over-the-top gay stereotype who should probably offend more than he does, but c’mon, you can’t not love that bleeding heart of an impromptu Lion King musical stager. But when pressed to come up with Claire’s good points, I really can’t come up with any. If she’s not humorlessly yelling, nagging, fretting, or complaining, she’s, well, off-screen.
I don't agree with the assessment of Claire. She is funny and she is sweet and she has an edge to her. I like her. The scene where she and her brother re-stage a skating routine from their childhood is priceless. The Christmas episode where she tries to figure out a way around Phil's over reaction without backing down in front of the kids. Her face, when Phil tries to make up to the kids by taking the whole family to Italy is wonderful. Lot's of women can relate to Claire and Julie Bowen does a great job with the role.
01/26/10
There is not a character or a scene I would quibble with any
this marvelous comedy. All the characters are perfection.
Of course, Cam, is a scene steeler – but he's so loveable
I applaud his scene stealing ways. I think everyone is just
about close to perfection AND how glad am I that tomorrow
is Weds!
Norma from NV
Julie's character plays the straightman/woman…you got to have stability in relation to the koas in her family that we all enjoy and find humorous or the jokes just won't seem as funny…she is Phil's Mitchel…However her character should be allowed to take a break from being Mom “The Gate Keeper”…Let a few slip by…I think Clair is funny but could be halarious…She's a hott Mama!
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