SOSC 4318: Modes of Communication: "Reading Television?"
Friends
 
Frasier
Friends.1
Friends.2
Audience
Content
Genre
Semiotics
Simpsons
Sopranos
That 70's Show

Supporting Characters

Grace Cuiming Li

           There are few supporting characters, due to monetary reasons as well as for the purposes of maintaining interest and understanding the story, for the audience must be able to identify each character and remember their personality on sight. When there are too many characters such identification requires a mental effort on the part of the audience, an effort to be avoided as it interferes with aesthetics, involvement, and acceptance of events.

 
 
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