Role added by connieblackwood on April 12, 2023
An old (and in live-action, discredited) trope which was implicit in many early sitcoms that focused on the standard American Nuclear Family of father, mother, and either two or three children — the situation necessary for the comedy to exist was so rigidly defined that the children could not be allowed to grow up, lest the program dynamic change unrecognizably.
Fan Casting
Not Allowed to Grow Up
Join the Conversation