TY - JOUR
T1 - The decline of Dr. Frasier Crane
T2 - Journal of Popular Culture
AU - Siraki, A.T.
N1 - Export Date: 11 January 2024; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: A.T. Siraki; Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; email: [email protected]
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Frasier (1993–2004) remains one of television's most successful and memorable sitcoms. Its protagonist, Dr. Frasier Crane, shares many qualities with other comic protagonists. However, he is in fact unique in the pantheon of comic characters. As the show moves forward, Frasier Crane regresses in several ways, and which is often effected through the show's use of ironic parallels. Furthermore, Frasier Crane's comic arc (or fulfillment of the comic mythos) is in stark contrast to not only traditional comic characters but even more recent post- and post-postmodern ones, all of whom either fulfill the comic arc or, at worst, remain static. © 2023 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
AB - Frasier (1993–2004) remains one of television's most successful and memorable sitcoms. Its protagonist, Dr. Frasier Crane, shares many qualities with other comic protagonists. However, he is in fact unique in the pantheon of comic characters. As the show moves forward, Frasier Crane regresses in several ways, and which is often effected through the show's use of ironic parallels. Furthermore, Frasier Crane's comic arc (or fulfillment of the comic mythos) is in stark contrast to not only traditional comic characters but even more recent post- and post-postmodern ones, all of whom either fulfill the comic arc or, at worst, remain static. © 2023 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
U2 - 10.1111/jpcu.13253
DO - 10.1111/jpcu.13253
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-3840
VL - 56
SP - 797
EP - 809
JO - J. Pop. Cult.
JF - J. Pop. Cult.
IS - 5-6
ER -