Based on the forthcoming 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.
Writing
Leistyna's scalding analysis of Roseanne's corporate neutering
Editing
Brutal montage of talk show poverty porn
Director
Loretta Alper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ed Asner recorded narration for free because he was that mad about TV labor representation.
The book this adapts got Leistyna blacklisted from several network focus groups—apparently they hated being studied back.
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