In the TV show Modern Family there a various stereotypes for how the characters are represented. Mainly Jay and Gloria. Jay for example is represented as a traditional old man who is successful. In the show we see him having a hard time letting go of his older ways and trying to adapt to the more modern ways of his family which is a stereotype of older people. He also has to deal with having to accept his gay son and understand him. In the TV show he tries to break away from his stereotype of being a grumpy old man into being a more modern and understanding man.
For Gloria, she is represented exoticized because her Latina culture is very much overemphasized. She is represented as the stereotypical loud, dramatic, heavy accent Latina. She might also fit the trophy wife stereotype because she is much younger than her husband. Later in her character development we see that she has a lot of ambitions and values which is something we normally don't see for Latina women in the media.
Both of these characters are stereotyped and represented in their own way but are both extremely dramatized in the way they are. One being an extremely grumpy old man who's trying to become more modern and the other one as a dramatic Latina woman. They both represent cultural and even generational differences in this TV show. They both also fight these stereotypes as Jay attempts to be less old school and Gloria shows she has ambitions and morals and she isn't just a trophy wife.
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